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  • Trail Blazing at Westwoods Greenwood Lane

    Greenwood Lane (Westwoods) 10 Greenwood Lane, Guilford, CT, United States

    With the expectation of new blaze materials having arrived, we’re planning on changing the blaze colors of the cross-trail north of the Greenwood Lane entrance, as well as blaze color to the road. If you’d like to help, a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of blazes is recommended. Plan to meet at the […]

  • Brushing and Moving Cedar Logs at Spencers Creek

    Spencer Creek 220 3 Mile Course, Guilford, CT, United States

    A work party in November cut down a number of red cedars on the Sunset Creek meadow. The branches were all trimmed from the trunks, but many branches and all the trunks need to be removed from the field. This morning we’ll be hauling branches to a chipping pile near the street, and transporting all the trunks over to our […]

  • Westwoods Trails Committee December 2023 Meeting

    Nathanael B Greene Community Center 32 Church Street, Guilford, CT, United States

    This month's Westwoods Trails Committee meeting will be December 18th at the Guilford Community Center (32 Church St) in the Alexander Lounge. We will have a Zoom set up so those who want to attend virtually can do so. The Zoom connection will be hosted by John Goldin. The link to join is below. If you have any problems connecting, […]

  • Trail Blazing – Westwoods at Greenwood Lane

    Greenwood Lane (Westwoods) 10 Greenwood Lane, Guilford, CT, United States

    The new blaze materials have arrived, and on the ‘eve of Christmas eve’ work party we expect to change over this cross trail to the new White Rectangle designation, and post ‘Trail Closed, signs on the section of cross trail we’re now abandoning. If time and interest permit, we’ll get a jump on next weekend’s work party exploring the re-routing […]

  • Trail Flagging – Westwoods at Dunk Rock Road

    Dunk Rock Road (Westwoods) 77PW+QC, Guilford, CT, United States

    The Red Rectangle Trail just south of the Eversource right-of-way has an extremely steep section of trail just after the wetland crossing, which we’d like to improve, and plan to bushwhack north and south of the current trail location in the expectation of identifying a more gradual route for this challenging trail. Given we find a good alternate path, we […]

  • New Year’s Day Westwoods Hike

    Sam Hill Road (Westwoods) 7893+RP, Guilford, CT, United States

    The hike through hardwood forest on Guilford's western shore includes a view of a rock split by a tree, glacial boulders and the Lost Lake Overlook. This hike is family friendly, so children are welcome. If you are not the parent of a child you plan to bring, please contact the leader regarding requirements. We will meet at 11 for […]

  • Making Plastic Cross-Trail Blazes

    We can't find a commercial source for special cross-trail blazes, so today we'll be getting together to fabricate those needed in Westwoods. We’ll have all the materials we need, as well as a paper cutter and glue to generate the needed multicolored cross-trail blazes. We've not yet figured out the best place to do the work, so if you're interested […]

  • Installing Plastic Cross-Trail Blazes – Westwoods Sam Hill Road

    Sam Hill Road (Westwoods) 7893+RP, Guilford, CT, United States

    Our assembly line crew fabricated all the WW cross-trail blazes at last weekend’s work party, and today we’ll be installing them on their trails. We’ll be starting on the southern end of the trails and working north. Paul has all the plastic blazes and aluminum nails. If you'd like to be part of this event bring along your favorite hammer, […]

  • Trail Clearing and Blazing – Westwoods at Dunk Rock Road

    Dunk Rock Road (Westwoods) 77PW+QC, Guilford, CT, United States

    Any clearing work we didn’t complete on the 30th will be completed first, then we’ll go through and install the Red Rectangle blazes. Paul will have a chainsaw if it’s needed, but hand tools such as loppers of a hand saw will be useful, as will a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of […]

  • Westwoods Trails Committee January 2024 Meeting

    Nathanael B Greene Community Center 32 Church Street, Guilford, CT, United States

    This month's Westwoods Trails Committee meeting will be January 22nd at the Guilford Community Center (32 Church St) in the Leete Room. We will have a Zoom set up so those who want to attend virtually can do so. The Zoom connection will be hosted by John Goldin. The link to join is below. The agenda for this meeting and […]

  • Installing Plastic Trail Blazes – Westwoods Three Corners Road

    3 Corners Road (Westwoods) 497 3 Corners Road, Guilford, CT, United States

    We have a few trails remaining to mark with our new blazes, and four of the next five work parties have been scheduled to take care of the these. Today we hope to complete the Red Rectangle and Circle Trails. If you’d like to help blaze, you should bring along a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer […]

  • Tree Work – Nut Plains Broad Hill Circle Entrance

    Broad Hill (Nut Plains Woods) 56 Broad Hill Circle, Guilford, CT, United States

    Nut Plains property steward Doug Clark has reported five or six trees that need to be removed from the trails in the northeastern corner of the property ... so we’re meeting at this lesser used trail entrance for easier access. We’ll have a saw and protective gear, and ask you to bring along a saw if you have one. But […]