5K Staging Area is a Disgrace
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I think that is a great idea....I'm not even a club member (I keep meaning to join but then life happens) but would gladly help out with a clean up. Last night we staged out of Fisher South.......I'm not up to speed with trail names (never really cared or paid attention as I know many good loops) but last night we crossed the main rode from Fisher South and rode the trail that turns left just up the bank and goes through the clear cut. just after you cross the bridge (that is now REALLY tilted) some morons pushed a very large Camper down the steep grass hill, it is precariously perched there and will require some serious muscle yo yard it back up. Do you guys know where I cam talking? I can;t believe things like this would even cross someone mind!
Re: 5K Staging Area is a Disgrace
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I think a cleanup is an excellent idea! We have a maintenance weekend coming up viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12077&p=84496 and this cleanup could be a great project in addition to the trail work projects we had planned.
We have funds for whatever resources are necessary - maybe a large rented dump trailer or a bin - either from fundraised amounts or possibly support from AEP - let me worry about that. The two main ingredients beyond that are leadership and volunteers.
Would you two fellows be willing to champion the cleanup and recruit a few bodies to help?
RJH
I think a cleanup is an excellent idea! We have a maintenance weekend coming up viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12077&p=84496 and this cleanup could be a great project in addition to the trail work projects we had planned.
We have funds for whatever resources are necessary - maybe a large rented dump trailer or a bin - either from fundraised amounts or possibly support from AEP - let me worry about that. The two main ingredients beyond that are leadership and volunteers.
Would you two fellows be willing to champion the cleanup and recruit a few bodies to help?
RJH
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Re: 5K Staging Area is a Disgrace
That's the end of Fisher Delight trail.Giles wrote:I think that is a great idea....I'm not even a club member (I keep meaning to join but then life happens) but would gladly help out with a clean up. Last night we staged out of Fisher South.......I'm not up to speed with trail names (never really cared or paid attention as I know many good loops) but last night we crossed the main rode from Fisher South and rode the trail that turns left just up the bank and goes through the clear cut. just after you cross the bridge (that is now REALLY tilted) some morons pushed a very large Camper down the steep grass hill, it is precariously perched there and will require some serious muscle yo yard it back up. Do you guys know where I cam talking? I can;t believe things like this would even cross someone mind!
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Giles wrote:I think that is a great idea....I'm not even a club member (I keep meaning to join but then life happens) but would gladly help out with a clean up. Last night we staged out of Fisher South.......I'm not up to speed with trail names (never really cared or paid attention as I know many good loops) but last night we crossed the main rode from Fisher South and rode the trail that turns left just up the bank and goes through the clear cut. just after you cross the bridge (that is now REALLY tilted) some morons pushed a very large Camper down the steep grass hill, it is precariously perched there and will require some serious muscle yo yard it back up. Do you guys know where I cam talking? I can;t believe things like this would even cross someone mind!
I saw that camper through the week. Not even really sure how it got there. Did you get a chance to scope out and see how to get it to an accessible area? If not, when I am back in Calgary in two weeks I might see how I can get it out of there. I have a side x side, but I am not sure how effective it would be in towing it on that hill without breaking it up beforehand.
Does anyone know how the wrecked trailers/campers have been disposed of previously? I am thinking that a tilt tray and winch would work best and then take it directly to a scrap steel place.
Does anyone know who to contact to make sure there is not already a plan in place to remove it?
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Re: 5K Staging Area is a Disgrace
If you are interested in taking the lead on this for the weekend of June 18th/19th piece please let me know.Hooligan wrote:The 5k staging area is an absolute disgrace. There is a big pile of garbage and the remains of a burnt out camper right in the middle of the lot. Then if you go up the little grass hill where Beer Bong starts, there is a ton of garbage left over from people shooting there?
Someone has placed a dumpster in the staging area but no idea who or how it gets hauled away.
Would it be in the club's interest to organize a public cleanup of the area? It would show the club and is bike riders are concerned about the area and are part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Thank you
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Thanks for stepping up to organize this Hooligan!
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I think that picture shows a bunch of garbage there. Keep it clean sir!Hooligan wrote:Hmmmm, the forum seems to have substituted the word "sludge" when I actually used the word "cr@p"
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Thanks for the leadership Hooligan!Hooligan wrote:I talked to RJ last night and I will lead this cleanup during the maintenance day. Really we'd just need a few bodies to help load all the sludge onto a trailer, which wouldn't take all that long.
Any volunteers to help Mr. Hooligan in his noble cause?
RJH
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You shouldn't have to rent a trailer. I know many members have open trailers you could use to haul garbage, and I'm certain they would happily lend it for this.Hooligan wrote:I will have to go rent a trailer
Can someone offer up a utility trailer for this (and a tarp would be great idea)?
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The city has been getting a little stricter on the "tarping of loads". Not sure what the fine is but I have been checked twice prior to entering the scales at the dump.
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Better yet - can anyone lend an hydraulic dump trailer? This is the safest and easiest way to unload a mess like this...350scott wrote:You shouldn't have to rent a trailer. I know many members have open trailers you could use to haul garbage, and I'm certain they would happily lend it for this.Hooligan wrote:I will have to go rent a trailer
Can someone offer up a utility trailer for this (and a tarp would be great idea)?
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Re: 5K Staging Area is a Disgrace
First post here.
So there is a second trailer down a trail by Fisher South? Is this down a truck trail?
Although its currently for sale I have a pretty built, mostly unstoppable Jeep, and would definitely be willing to lend a hand dragging that out of the bush assuming theres some way to get rid of it. I'm not exactly sure what has to happen with the respective authorities to remove abandoned vehicles, maybe someone with more experience can chime in.
So there is a second trailer down a trail by Fisher South? Is this down a truck trail?
Although its currently for sale I have a pretty built, mostly unstoppable Jeep, and would definitely be willing to lend a hand dragging that out of the bush assuming theres some way to get rid of it. I'm not exactly sure what has to happen with the respective authorities to remove abandoned vehicles, maybe someone with more experience can chime in.
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I had a peek at this abandoned camper on the weekend. It is a slide in truck camper that is sitting over the side of the bank on it's roof. It looks like the "donors" backed up their truck to edge of the bank and flipped the camper off the backside of the truck. It may be hard to drag it back up the hill as there will be lots of friction. It is only ~100ft off the main road and could be accessed by pretty much any truck, but it may require a wrecker to pull it back up the bank, or a good winch with a pulley hung from a tree or something.