Trail repairing - Rim trail

This was my 2nd day of volunteering for Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers a most impressive non-profit that organises days building new trails ( both biking and hiking ) , repairing them, creating new routes and generally enhancing the valley's rural outdoor facilities. Mary did it a few times last year and we did it together 2 weeks ago creating a new riverside walk in downtown Basalt. Hard, not to say exhausting, work , but very rewarding and good company. Then on Saturday , with Mary hors de combat with badly blistered foot after the Mt Elbert expedition, I joined the group for the day high up on the Rim trail above Snowmass.

Team leaders giving instructions at start of day - 8.30 to 3.45 with great food and drink laid on by RFOV at the end.

Mary's old boss Susan Cross now mountain manager for Skico at Buttermilk.

My team leader keeping an eye on me. This is a section on the highest part of the Rim trail on which Mary and I have had so many great biking trips over the last 7 years. Here creating a new diversion from a part of the trail that was getting worn.

Now re-instating the 'closed' section of the trail as the traditional afternoon storm blows in. About to put down grass seed and then cover with large amounts of dead tree material cut with power saw for the purpose.