Week 9

Crew 1 travelled towards Bland, Va where they worked on the Jenkins Trail Rehab. This week was unlike any other in Konnarock this season. The crew loaded up at the trailhead, carrying food, tools and gear on their back and began the 5 mile hike in. Thankfully, quite a few club folks and Czar (the renowned camp coordinator) helped take a load up to the campsite. The crew spiked camp in the backcountry for the week near Jenkins Shelter. They put in some log steps and worked on defining the tread in many areas.

Gearing up for the 5 mile hike in!

Lots of beautiful fauna along the trail....

....and visiting camp the campsite :)














Digging the bathroom for the week!










The crew and some club members hanging around camp

Hanging bear bags... yes that is four buckets of chicken up there!

Thanks PATH for hiking it in 5 miles!

Trying to stay dry under the kitchen tarp!

Cooking dinner!

Defining the sidehill tread











Campsite filled with beautiful ferns

Crew 2 continued on work at Bee Cove near Fontana Dam. They had a bit of rain everyday, but that didn't hold them back! This week the crew completed 18 rock steps, over 80 feet of rock cribbing, 7 log steps and 265 feet of tread definition. They camped at the wonderful Fontana Dam campground and had a great, wet week of work!

Digging a hole for the bottom step

Hanging out at Fontana

Putting tools away for the day

Muddy crew!! :)

Preparing for the rock crib wall

Dinner!!

More rock steps

Week 8

Crew 1 went back to Roan Highlands to continue work on the relocations. They completed over 500 feet of new sidehill, along with 1000 feet of tread definition. They painted on some blazes, completing and opening up one of the new relocations. They spent another beautiful week camped out at Overmountain Shelter. Lucky ducks...

Kickin back in the shelter

Showin off those big muscles responsible for all of the hard work this week!

Doing some dishes in the backcountry kitchen in the barn

Diggin away...

Taking a break along the new trail

View from the shelter

New blaze :)

End of day tool inventory

Crew 2 headed out to the Bee Cove Rehab just south of the Smoky Mountains. The crew enjoyed an awesome campsite just below the Fontana Dam. They put in 11 rock steps, 2 log steps and 28 feet of log cribbing! They also accomplished over 200 feet of tread definition over the week. They'll be back week 9 to continue their work. Check out photos from the week...

Working on the log crib wall

Cutting back the back slope and redigging to make a better hiking surface

Putting in some rock steps

Woo Trail Crew!

Making some crush for the log crib wall

More rock work

The finished crib wall... nice work!

The Konnarock crew season is flying by, but we still have 3 weeks left! It's not to late to sign up!!! This could be YOUR home for a week.....

Weeks 6 & 7

Crew 2 "hangs" out at Hanging Rock two weeks in a row....

The crew worked hard weeks 6 & 7 and got a lot accomplished, finishing up the Hanging Rock rehab. Along with help from the TATC club, the crew put in 50+ rock steps!! They also installed a few waterbars to help get water of the trail and put in some rock cribbing to help support the tread. They camped at Maupin Field shelter where they had the chance to hang out with a lot of hikers coming through. Overall it was a great couple of weeks!

Working on some tread definition

Proud of their lovely rock steps :)

Resting in a beautiful spot!

The crew putting in a waterbar






Taking off the berm

Lots of big rock moving on this project!

Working on some more steps

Caching the tools for the night

Crew 1 spends week 6 in Roan Highlands then heads off to Bluff City week 7...

Week 6 the crew headed down to Roan with the Tennessee Eastman Hiking Club where they were working on a set of relocations and dug over 1000 feet of new sidehill! Whew! Great work crew 1!! They camped near Overmountain Shelter where they enjoyed the beautiful view and the company of many other hikers. Week 7 for crew 1 was spent at the Bluff City Relocation just south of Pearisburg. The crew dug 800 feet of sidehill, did some rehab, and put in a rock steps as well. They enjoyed a nice dinner with the folks at Woods Hole Hostel to celebrate the 4th of July!

Tents at Overmountain Shelter

Enjoying some beautiful waterfalls after a hard days work

The crew at the barn

KONNAROCK!!

BEFORE: Pin flags in, ready to dig!

AFTER: fresh new sidehill

Painting blazes on the new relocation

View from camp @ the barn