Build erosion-control check-steps on the Trinity Alps gateway trailhead approach, section 1 -- the Main Street corridor, Weaverville, CA 96093.

The popular approach trail from this Weaverville-area trailhead into the Trinity Alps Wilderness has eroded into a bare, rutted channel where runoff races straight down the tread every storm, undercutting footing and washing tread material into the creek below; rock-and-timber check-steps and water bars built into the tread break that flow into safe, stepped crossings and keep hikers on solid footing.

Where

the Main Street corridor, Weaverville, CA 96093 · Open the map

Pay

$440 proposed

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Proof

before/after photos + step-spacing/rise log + water-bar outflow-direction confirm + GPS

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Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-19

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• the land manager's work authorization and the trail's design tread width
• hand tools: McLeod or rake, pulaski or mattock, loppers, shovel
• erosion-control matting, staples, and locally specified surfacing or step material
• clinometer or level for outslope and grade
• gloves, eye protection and sturdy footwear
• camera + GPS phone

Steps

1. 1. Photograph the trail segment as found and record what is failing (rutting, a blocked drain, a widened tread, an eroding step or fall line).
2. 2. Confirm the land manager's authorization for this segment and confirm no habitat or seasonal closure applies today.
3. 3. Restore drainage first: clear the existing grade dips and drain outlets so water leaves the tread, because tread repair without drainage fails in one storm.
4. 4. Repair the tread to the design width and to a 3 to 5 percent outslope, filling ruts with compacted mineral soil rather than loose duff.
5. 5. Set matting, check steps or armoring by hand where the grade needs it, staking to the spec and keying the edges into the tread.
6. 6. VERIFY: measure the finished outslope and tread width, and water-test one drain outlet to show water leaves the trail rather than running down it.
7. 7. Photograph the finished segment from the before vantage, log the segment length worked, and enter both in the proof record.

What counts as done

• Before photo of the eroded, rutted tread section
• Step-spacing and rise log matched to the trail's grade
• Water-bar outflow-direction photo confirming runoff is directed off the tread, not down it
• After photo of the completed check-steps + GPS

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