lupinsea
12-17-2007, 08:03 PM
I'm getting to a point on the map project that I'd like some help with the names on some of the trails. I'm sure everyone here is far more familiar with the trail names at Reiter, if you can help me identify them that would be a big help.
This isn't the "official" map the other fellows have been working on but I'd be happy to share the GPS data and map files with anyone who's working on the official map (or anyone else for that matter). I just want to make sure the trail names match up so there's no confusion down the road.
http://homepage.mac.com/jgreening/.Pictures/Reiter-Map-12-16-07.jpg
Ok, the trail name list so far based on the official map project:
1. Lake Isabel Trail
2a. Powerline Trail (lower)
2b. Powerline Trail (upper)
3.
4.
5. Sac Up Trail
6.
7. Rock Garden
8.
9. Cable Trail
10.
11. Worms Butt Trail*
12.
13.
14.
15. Index Wall Trail
Help With Naming
These are the trails I need help with in terms of naming:
Trail 3 - On the other side of the road from the big rock wall climb. There is a 6 ft rock ledge adjacent to the road on the western end of the trail exactly opposite where the top of the rock wall climb meets the gravel road.
Trail 4 - This is a series of trails, actually, that network through the woods near the main staging area. Is there a name for this area of trails?
Trail 6 - This goes from the middle of the Rock Garden and heads west to meet up with the Powerline Trail. About mid point it T's off with a spur tht cuts down to the Powerline Trail, too. Trail name?
Trail 8 - On the other map this is designated as simply a gravel road. But it's deteriorating and will probably go to "trail status" soon enough. Is there a name for this? It just loops into the woods and back out.
Trail 10 - Similar condition to trail 8. It just loops into the woods from the Powerlie Trail and comes back. Follows a road grade that is deteriorating and getting overgrown on the edges. It is met at the apex of the loop by trail 14.
Trail 12 - An easier trail on the SE edge of the Reiter area. Runs along the edge of a sharp drop off, then cuts back in through the woods. Name?
Trail 13 - This is a short trail that runs under the last transmission tower to the east.
Trail 14 - This cuts in from the gravel road and meets up with trail 10. It run on an old road grade that is deteriorating. At the road end of it there is a big-ish but semi-shallow puddle that splits around a tree.
Rock Wall Climb - Is there an "official" name for this obstacle? It's the little yellow dot at the western end of Trail 3. The thing is about 40 ft tall and a by-pass goes up the left hand side.
* I didn't notice Worms Butt cutting across the Reiter Pond area, the route I was on circumnavigated it and there was fencing and signs saying to keep out of the banks of the pond. Am I missing the actual route?
Inconsistencies / Unfound Trails
Also, I've not found some trails from the official map. (http://reitertrailwatch.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19) Are the following trails actually there and I've missed them or what? Cannot find:
Grumpy's Trail
BYS (near Index Wall trail, what does this stand for?)
The Index Wall Trail on the linked map seems to follow a different route than indicated from my GPS recording. . . on the map it seems to wander up hill at a fairly steep slope before turning downhill again about mid-point in the trail. Where as in reality I think the trail skirts the base of the rise. Comment? My GPS stuff could be off but I don't remember the trail rising that much in that location.
Anything Missing?
And finally, are there any trails that I'm missing? Areas I haven't covered? I think I'm getting close to recording all the trail but I'd like to do one more run out to Reiter (minimum) to make sure. Is there anybody who knows the trails real well?
This isn't the "official" map the other fellows have been working on but I'd be happy to share the GPS data and map files with anyone who's working on the official map (or anyone else for that matter). I just want to make sure the trail names match up so there's no confusion down the road.
http://homepage.mac.com/jgreening/.Pictures/Reiter-Map-12-16-07.jpg
Ok, the trail name list so far based on the official map project:
1. Lake Isabel Trail
2a. Powerline Trail (lower)
2b. Powerline Trail (upper)
3.
4.
5. Sac Up Trail
6.
7. Rock Garden
8.
9. Cable Trail
10.
11. Worms Butt Trail*
12.
13.
14.
15. Index Wall Trail
Help With Naming
These are the trails I need help with in terms of naming:
Trail 3 - On the other side of the road from the big rock wall climb. There is a 6 ft rock ledge adjacent to the road on the western end of the trail exactly opposite where the top of the rock wall climb meets the gravel road.
Trail 4 - This is a series of trails, actually, that network through the woods near the main staging area. Is there a name for this area of trails?
Trail 6 - This goes from the middle of the Rock Garden and heads west to meet up with the Powerline Trail. About mid point it T's off with a spur tht cuts down to the Powerline Trail, too. Trail name?
Trail 8 - On the other map this is designated as simply a gravel road. But it's deteriorating and will probably go to "trail status" soon enough. Is there a name for this? It just loops into the woods and back out.
Trail 10 - Similar condition to trail 8. It just loops into the woods from the Powerlie Trail and comes back. Follows a road grade that is deteriorating and getting overgrown on the edges. It is met at the apex of the loop by trail 14.
Trail 12 - An easier trail on the SE edge of the Reiter area. Runs along the edge of a sharp drop off, then cuts back in through the woods. Name?
Trail 13 - This is a short trail that runs under the last transmission tower to the east.
Trail 14 - This cuts in from the gravel road and meets up with trail 10. It run on an old road grade that is deteriorating. At the road end of it there is a big-ish but semi-shallow puddle that splits around a tree.
Rock Wall Climb - Is there an "official" name for this obstacle? It's the little yellow dot at the western end of Trail 3. The thing is about 40 ft tall and a by-pass goes up the left hand side.
* I didn't notice Worms Butt cutting across the Reiter Pond area, the route I was on circumnavigated it and there was fencing and signs saying to keep out of the banks of the pond. Am I missing the actual route?
Inconsistencies / Unfound Trails
Also, I've not found some trails from the official map. (http://reitertrailwatch.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19) Are the following trails actually there and I've missed them or what? Cannot find:
Grumpy's Trail
BYS (near Index Wall trail, what does this stand for?)
The Index Wall Trail on the linked map seems to follow a different route than indicated from my GPS recording. . . on the map it seems to wander up hill at a fairly steep slope before turning downhill again about mid-point in the trail. Where as in reality I think the trail skirts the base of the rise. Comment? My GPS stuff could be off but I don't remember the trail rising that much in that location.
Anything Missing?
And finally, are there any trails that I'm missing? Areas I haven't covered? I think I'm getting close to recording all the trail but I'd like to do one more run out to Reiter (minimum) to make sure. Is there anybody who knows the trails real well?