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If waterbars are built so the water runs diagonally across the trail and
over the edge, there shouldn't BE deep ruts.  We have one trail we first
built in 1989.  Just last summer we finally did a little re-contouring due
to wear down the middle.  In the meanwhile, we maintained the waterbars
every winter.  My husband and I would go out with shovels during a rain and
turn off the water, deepen the waterbars, and the trail would be sound for
the next year.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:17 PM
Subject: [RC] erosion & muddy trails


> Please Reply to: Nicole  z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On the other hand, in the hills near us the rain itself causes
> huge ruts down the middle of the trails.  This last winter I
> decided to take it on myself to go out on those trails in the
> days post-rain to try to ride the ruts flatter while the ground
> was still soft.  In the past those ruts have been so deep and
> hard that they were very dangerous after drying and stayed that
> way until the next rain.  This year they seem to be much less
> extreme (at least the new ones, some of the older larger ones are far too
established for mere horses to fix).
> ~Nicole
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