Last Saturday, I spent National Trails Day with a crew of three dozen people rebuilding a section of trail in Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Park. Today I got to go back and ride it. The trail, below Bluebell Meadow, used to swing out to the uphill rider’s left after the stream crossing into a muddy, eroded slope. The new trail throws in an S-curve to slow things down, and the whole section is built on top of a foot-thick layer of rocks to provide drainage. A lot of work, but a big improvement! The rest of the photos are a nice reminder of why we build trails in the first place.
