Plattekill Conditions

[Harvey]

How much does it get used?

 

[Campgottagopee]

Laz is pretty chill with not worrying about lawyers and litigation. In this case, a mountain employee carries a chain saw and if something needs to be cut, he does it. It's probably just a few trees a year, so a single saw is probably fine.

I know. I was really just joking, but I am a believer in worker smarter not harder.

 

[Brownski]

How much does it get used?

A lot. There is plenty of blowdown.

 

[Harvey]

Does one saw work? I realize it kind of doesn't matter, but curious.

 

[Brownski]

There’s usually 2 or 3 I think

 

[gorgonzola]

any organized group trail work or maintenance I have been involved in require chainsaw certs for liability purposes,

byo's are usually discouraged for good reason

 

[XTski]

did a lot of clearing and pruning at Hunter mountain everything from cutting the original cross country trails up at the top, already had a beaten path up towards the firetower, I also cleared a few unauthorized opening to be able to access the ravine at different levels , to repelling down the steeps and cliffs above trails to take out trees etc that had potential to fall onto the trails, a snowmaker ( Slammer) was an awesome dude to work with kinda like Dick Butkus with a chainsaw, the Slutsky’s like having skiers involved liked myself to give a skiers point of view I would also drop off crews that would walk down and clear the trails of annual growth with sickels etc, it was not very hard for them as it was “all down hill”

 

[XTski]

There's a no chainsaw rule. Not sure about power tools. Maybe to stick with Brownski's ^^ quiver.

The saw blades I mentioned are for a handle , no power involved, they are also good for cutting roots etc, Brownski’s quiver is sweet

 

[XTski]

Someone sent me a link > I saw that post on SkiDiva. Are you are regular there?

I'll take the fall for the "3 miles." I was something we added to the post several years ago just to make sure everyone understood there was hiking involved. I sincerely doubt it's three miles but whatever it is, it's steep. We're trying to manage expectations.

Here's the paragraph from the post in question:



It's still beyond me my you feel the need to bring your dissatisfaction with other forums here. I know you can't join SkiDiva, but if you have an in issue that you really can't let go, maybe send Wendy an email.

A friend mentioned it to me, no doubt 3 miles is a great estimate of potential walking, BUT thats after the free chair ride to the top, that’s a big thing to leave off, especially for women, the ones I know who can ski trees will have no problem helping out, but if they thought they had to walk from the bottom, no freaking way you get one volunteer, you have to know how to motivate people to get out to help these awes people

 

[Brownski]

A folding saw and a pair of loppers are best. The other stuff barely gets used. Maybe Romanski or the Plattekill can weigh in on the chainsaws.