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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We plan to complete the Green Circle and Square trails south of the Blue Rectangle at this work party. If you’d like to help blaze, you should bring along a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of blazes ... we’ll have both the cut blaze materials as well as nails. Please dress for the […]