Old Main Divide 2026-01-24

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Photo Album

Volunteers

1. Keith Eckstein

2. Phil S

3. Jason (Jim Conger’s friend)

4. Darshan Ahluwalia

5. John Castro

6. Ryan Chase

7. Chris Voss

8. Chris Heck

Approximate person hours (car-to-car): 50 hours

Detailed Description

Darshan biked up with Ryan Chase, John Castro at about 8AM, starting from end of Maple Springs Road pavement. Chris Voss and Chris Heck (ebike) biked up from the bottom of Motorway at about 6:30 and 7:00AM respectively. Keith, Phil and Jason drove up with tools and supplies around 8:30AM. We all convened at the saddle between Modjeska and Santiago Peaks around 9 or 930AM.

Darshan, Chris and Jason worked together to remove poodle dog bush up high; Darshan hedged while Chris H and Jason followed along removing roots.

Ryan and John worked together to hedge further down the trail.

Keith, Phil and Chris V worked together to move the trail inward, up the slope as it was eroding off the slope. The area that was fixed was the first major right turn high on the slope. They put in a massive berm and added drains as needed.

We worked until about 12:30 or 1:30PM.

Chris Heck and Darshan biked up to the summit of Santiago to take the first descent of renovated Old Main Divide. Then Chris and Darshan summitted Modjeska Peak, descended Buckthorn and then returned to cars via Maple Springs Road.