Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Protecting the Northern Santa Lucia


VWA Trail Crew
Black Cone Trail Worktrips: 2005

Date: May 28-30 2005
Trail: Black Cone Trail
Volunteers: 9
Volunteer Hours: 140
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On Saturday, May 28, seven members of the VWA Trail Crew headed out from the China Camp trailhead of the Pine Ridge Trail to spend the Memorial Day weekend working on the Black Cone Trail. These seven volunteers set up shop at Venturi Camp and were joined there by two others on Sunday to bring the total work force to nine. This trip was a make-up for one that was originally scheduled in April but which was rained out - twice. The weather was unusually mild for late May, and the long days made it possible to get a lot of work done for such a short trip. A benefit of the abundant rain that caused the earlier cancellation was that the flowers were spectacular, even at this late date.

Here are a few of the photographs taken during this trip. More photos of this trip can be seen at http://www.enteric.org/activity/052805/index.htm.

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A typical section of trail choked off by warty-leaf ceanothus
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The same section after clearing
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Betsy and John at lunch
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Jim and Steven at lunch
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Jim, Betsy, Dave. Bill, Esperanza, and Tom (clockwise from left)
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Black Cone Trail Flowers
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More BCT flowers
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Pine Ridge Trail Flowers