Saturday, October 31st
This weekend we’ll begin out trail work season at Deep Run Park in Henrico County. This will be our first work day out at the park where we plan to revamp the existing trail system. Our first project will be building a 200ft. boardwalk to bridge over a perrenially muddy section.
Deep Run Park is located on Ridgefield Parkway off of Gaskins Road near the I-64 interchange. Once entering the park, go all the way to back parking lot by the playground and ball field. We will be in the woods at the back left of the ball field. Take the path around the right side of the fields.
We’ll be getting started at 9am and working until around 1pm. Please bring gloves, water and sturdy shoes.
Upcoming Projects
We’ll be working for at least the next two weekends at Deep Run Park (possibly more), so after that, what next? Here’s a list of trail projects that we have planned for the Winter:
- Completion of a bypass trail from under I-95 to east of Ancarrow’s Landing parking lot to get riders out to the ”Poop Loop” without having to use the Slave Trail and avoiding the parking lot/boat ramp completely.
- New features added to, and an expansion of the Belle Isle Skills Park.
- Begin to start addressing the perennial mud-holes on the “Poop Loop”, making it more usable in the winter months.
- Several mid-size armoring projects in Forest Hill Park.
- Re-benching and re-establishment of grade dips system-wide, especially on North Bank below Texas Beach parking lot.
- Add clay to and re-shape the dips and rollers on Dogwood Dell trail in hopes of preventing the perpetually muddy bottoms of the dips.
- Close down and re-vegetate numerous cut-thru’s and social trails that have popped up this past summer.
- And much more !!!
We can’t do this all without your help, so please come out to a trail day this year and lend a hand in making our local trails great.
We also have mid-week trail work opportunities. If interested, please email info@rvamore.org