Category: Trail Maintenance

  • Baril Creek – 2006

    Baril Creek – 2006

    In September 2006, members of the Great Divide Trail Association and the Alberta Wilderness Association, with help from several Pathway Connectivity employees, did bridge construction across Baril Creek and trail clearing up to Fording River Pass.  The entire Baril access trail was also re-blazed.

    Cornwell-cirque
    On the Divide: Baril Peak (l) and Mt Cornwell from Fording Pass summit
    New bridge across Baril Creek
    New bridge across Baril Creek
    Old trapper's shelter below the pass
    Old trapper’s shelter below the pass
  • Cataract Creek – 2004

    In 2004, major trail clearing, bridge building and some trail realignment was done between Cataract and Lost Creeks, across the spectacular Cataract Plateau. The new line was surveyed in June, with construction work occurring in August. The entire section from Rye Ridge to Cataract Plateau was re-blazed as well.

    cabin
    Perkinson’s Cabin – still with us after many years!
    Lunch stop on the ridge during the survey with Mt Farquhar (left) and an unnamed peak (right)
    Lunch stop on the ridge during the survey with Mt Farquhar (left) and an unnamed peak (right)

     

    The Divide from the Cataract Plateau
    The Divide from the Cataract Plateau

     

    trail marker becomes part of trail
    Reusing a fallen blazed tree for a new bridge stringer

     

    Putting in a switchback
    Putting in a switchback

     

    Headwaters of Cataract Creek with the Divide behind
    Headwaters of Cataract Creek with the Divide behind