Hey guys, I need some help at Elbe, here's what we have going.
I've worked with the DNR to approve both a rock crawl at the end of the 9 road and to turn the relatively lame Rainier Vista into a hardcore technical trail like equal to the busywild. However, these projects fall outside the scope of the grants that they have for the area. I'm hoping to find a loophole but it doesn't look good for quite some time as far as the finances go. So here's where we need the help.
I guestimate that we're going to need about $5k to $10k to do this all up right. Rocks and boulders are darn expensive both to buy and deliver, then of course you need to put them where you want them once you get them there.
I need to know if someone with a little extra time and some contacts can help me raise the money to make this happen. This role will involve trying to get donations, maybe running a car wash, show and shine, bake sale, whatever to help raise some money. Maybe arrange to help Steve with one of his mud drag events to raise some money.
The USFS is going to put tire restrictions on there land in the near future and everyone with bigger tired rigs is going to have use DNR land, that's Walker Valley, Reiter, Tahuya and Elbe. Evan's Creek and the Naches trail system are going to be unusable by the guys with big tires. We need to develop some additional difficult trails at Elbe and it's been some work convincing Nancy to let us do so - if we can find the money for the materials.
We can't reroute the Rainier Vista Trail but we can rework it within the existing trail corridors. That means digging holes, creative placement of obstacles etc. Given the long, relatively steep hill climb gives us a great place to start with. It also has good access to that road in the case of mechanical breakage, unlike the busywild where once you go it, it's a LONG way back out if you break.
Is there someone that would be interested in helping out with this? I would really like to get the rocks moved out there before the winter, even if we don't get them in place until the spring.
Please post up comments, suggestions and especially, if you're willing to volunteer to help out.
I've worked with the DNR to approve both a rock crawl at the end of the 9 road and to turn the relatively lame Rainier Vista into a hardcore technical trail like equal to the busywild. However, these projects fall outside the scope of the grants that they have for the area. I'm hoping to find a loophole but it doesn't look good for quite some time as far as the finances go. So here's where we need the help.
I guestimate that we're going to need about $5k to $10k to do this all up right. Rocks and boulders are darn expensive both to buy and deliver, then of course you need to put them where you want them once you get them there.
I need to know if someone with a little extra time and some contacts can help me raise the money to make this happen. This role will involve trying to get donations, maybe running a car wash, show and shine, bake sale, whatever to help raise some money. Maybe arrange to help Steve with one of his mud drag events to raise some money.
The USFS is going to put tire restrictions on there land in the near future and everyone with bigger tired rigs is going to have use DNR land, that's Walker Valley, Reiter, Tahuya and Elbe. Evan's Creek and the Naches trail system are going to be unusable by the guys with big tires. We need to develop some additional difficult trails at Elbe and it's been some work convincing Nancy to let us do so - if we can find the money for the materials.
We can't reroute the Rainier Vista Trail but we can rework it within the existing trail corridors. That means digging holes, creative placement of obstacles etc. Given the long, relatively steep hill climb gives us a great place to start with. It also has good access to that road in the case of mechanical breakage, unlike the busywild where once you go it, it's a LONG way back out if you break.
Is there someone that would be interested in helping out with this? I would really like to get the rocks moved out there before the winter, even if we don't get them in place until the spring.
Please post up comments, suggestions and especially, if you're willing to volunteer to help out.
