HMBA Trail Blitz: Harmonie State Park, Dec 11th and 12th

[Paul_Arlinghaus]

O’Bannon Woods and Harmonie State Park

HMBA Trail Blitz

Thursday, Dec 10th: 10:00AM Trail Layout at O’Bannon Woods State Park
Friday, Dec 11th: 10:00 AM Trail Layout at Harmonie State Park
Saturday Dec 12th: 10:00AM Trail Building at Harmonie State Park
Sunday Dec 13th: 10:00AM Trail Building at O’Bannon and 1:00PM Trail Ride

Alex Stewart, Spectrum Trail Designs; and Paul Arlinghaus, President HMBA will be leading a four day event to kick of trail expansion and O’Bannon Woods and Harmonie State Parks.  Trail Layout will be the focus of Thursday and Friday’s efforts.  Both Harmonie and O’Bannon have 6+ miles of trail that was built through the Governor’s 2008 State Trail Grant.  And both properties are ready for expansion. 

The trail layout sessions, provide the opportunity to spend a day doing trail design with Indiana’s primer trail designer.  Alex Stewart designed the existing trails at Harmonie and O’Bannon, as well as most of the trails at Brown County State Park.

On Saturday and Sunday we will start building new trails.  The intent is to get local trail builders started, so that they can continue building trails throughout the winter.

There will also be a ride at O’Bannon Woods State Park at 1:00PM.  For the adventurous, we will show off a 5 mile section of the Adventure Trail that has been cleared of downfall and is available for riding.
Details

•   Harmonie meeting location: Shelter at Mountain Bike Trail Head
•   O’Bannon State Park location: Rocky Ridge Trail Head (Family Campground)
•   HMBA will provide trail building tools.
•   Contact Info: Paul Arlinghaus (317) 730 5046, parlinghaus@msn.com

Park Info and Property Map
http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2981.htm
http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/files/harmonie_trail.pdf

We will be meeting at the mountain bike trail head’s shelter. On the map link above it says future mountain bike trails.  The trail work and layout will be extending the Walnut Connector, from where the blue line stops.

[Paul_Arlinghaus]

A reminder that Harmonie is on Central Time.  The fun starts Friday and Saturday morning at 10:00AM central time.  Meet at the MTB trail head.

I will be riding on Friday morning at 8:00AM starting from cabin #3.

Paul

[Paul_Arlinghaus]

I got my first ride in on the State Trail Grant Trails.  It was really neat.  The trail is a big roller coaster ride. 

Trail layout is difficult at Harmonie due to all the side ravines.  But those ravines also give the trail its unique flow.  We laid out about 1.5 miles of new trail and on Saturday, 9 of us started building at a cool section along an old pond. 





http://indytrekracer.smugmug.com/Sports/Harmonie-Dec-2009/10653145_JdFhU#741224354_ixiQh

We have had and IMBA Trail Care Crew event and now this event, so we have trail builders trained and trail laid out to build, so now it is up to the local riders to build trail.  I will come back down in late January or February to check on your progress and to lay out the remainder of the Walnut Trail. 

Paul