Stony Trail Repair

Hello fellow OHV enthusiast~
The bomb cyclone that came through California hit our beloved OHV trails in the Stonyford riding area very hard.
If you have followed the Mendocino social media accounts, you know that M10 and M5, near Cedar Camp, have slid and are impassable with a vehicle.
Along with all the obvious downed trees, there may be unknown slides we are not yet aware of.
Please keep in mind that Trail 3 has a massive slide and is currently closed between M5 and Trail 4.
Until we restore trail access we are unable to get out into the heart of the trail system to inspect for other damages.

We are requesting the help of you and your friends to join us @ 10 AM on Saturday, January 28th on the Nail Track.
We can divide and conquer with saws and muscle to open up these trails to assess what other damage may be out there.
If you would like to join us, please RSVP. Bring your OHV of choice, a hand saw if you have one, water and food.
We have hand saws for your use. You must be USFS Chainsaw certified for us to allow use and record your time toward volunteer hours to match the OHV grant.
As of today the trail system is still closed. At this time, we are not sure if the trails will be open next Saturday but we will be hosting a volunteer work day.
Thank you and we look forward to hearing back from you!
~Paige
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Paige Makowski
OHV Program Manager
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Mendocino National Forest, Grindstone Ranger District
p: 530-963-1327
paigemakowski@usda.gov
5171 Stonyford Elk Creek Road
Stonyford, CA 95979
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Thanks Butch!

Right on Butch. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for posting Butch, I might just try to make it!

Volunteers Only this Saturday! Check with Paige

Emailed Paige. Hope I can help out. Was looking for an excuse to sleep on M5 Friday night...

Had a great day doing trail work at Stonyford today.

Hooked up with new friends Doug, Bryon, and bananachunks who rode his 660 adv bike right up the singletrack like it was no big deal!

Lots of downed trees out there, but we got through about 15 miles of trail and cleared a bunch of em. Lots more work to be done but they do not have the next official work party scheduled yet. Stay tuned!

Oh man - all work should be this fun! Huge thanks to Peter, Doug, and Bryon(sp?) for letting me tag along.

Nothing too exciting, really, for anyone else but me, but my small helmet dump is here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9Lb1s2WUDmGv6gsy5
(unfortunately I was usually too far back to get much vid of the real motorcyclists )

I did lose my beanie and glove liners out on the trail, so after the "work" was done I decided to go sleep at home - Saturday night's low was supposed to be lower than Friday night's 23*. I'm a wimp, I know.

bananachunks said:

Oh man - all work should be this fun! Huge thanks to Peter, Doug, and Bryon(sp?) for letting me tag along.

Nothing too exciting, really, for anyone else but me, but my small helmet dump is here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9Lb1s2WUDmGv6gsy5
(unfortunately I was usually too far back to get much vid of the real motorcyclists )

I did lose my beanie and glove liners out on the trail, so after the "work" was done I decided to go sleep at home - Saturday night's low was supposed to be lower than Friday night's 23*. I'm a wimp, I know.

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so awesome, you are the man!

we love mapz:



did you do that short uphill off M-5 that you showed me that one time, and did you take M5 all the way to M10?

I've only done the M10->M5 AukAuk/85330 "shortcut" on the CB500X that one time with Cabrito and Picknpluck. I laughed out of fear and relief when I got to the top. Until I realized I might be stuck - there was no way I was going down the way I came up, and the steep drop onto M5 was giving me PTSD/flashbacks to that time I walked the Honda down that WALL they call LoveLadyRidge/17N31/16N28/85301 to Goat Mountain Rd.

I'd be willing to try going up AukAuk again. I'd probably get stuck at the top again.

The wall on 17N31 is pretty much a NEVER AGAIN.

But that rocky "shortcut" we took to skip having to cross Cache Creek at M5 - I'd do that again!

bananachunks said:

But that rocky "shortcut" we took to skip having to cross Cache Creek at M5 - I'd do that again!

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that was one of my best days ever on the KLR, was proud of myself following your mighty CB500X down that route.

it’s fun now, talking to you about Mendo with all your experience—but the trade off is I doubt I could follow you up single track. my bike would still be on the Love Lady Ridge plunge if I’d been with you that day.