The trolley tracks (trail 1) are in good shape. A little bumped up on the Montrose side of the falls (I also cleaned up some brush and overhanging branches on the falls.), but smooth back out once you pass the falls heading towards Alford. There are two small washouts about 300 yards past the falls, but they can be easily navigated. The bottom of the trolley tracks, where they meet the railbed in Alford, is taking a beating from the runoff. I did hack down all of the pricker bushes along the uphill side of the trail so that it is much more comfortable to pass the washout on the snow. Prior to yesterday the pricker bushes grabbed you and tried ripping you completely off your sled!! 
It is fine to navigate through there now. There is a tree buried lengthwise in the snow that was too frozen in to start messing with, so you will have to watch out for that.
This heat has wiped out the snow on the road in Alford and trail 33 up the other side until you get past the plowed section, from that point up to trail 39 is nice riding. I cleaned up some brush on 38 and 39 (either one can be taken when heading over to Family Day) and they are both in fair shape. From there, trail 37 over to the Upper lake bridge and up the light line (36) is in great shape all the way up to Harry’s.
I also ran through the goat trail (31) and the Green Gables trail (30) up to Washburn road. I cut out the tree in the early part of the goat trail that has been in the way all year. I also did a lot of trimming along the way and worked on cleaning up the 4-wheeler damage some more and filling in any ruts I could.
I ran all these trails again today and did a little more work, and I think we are in pretty good shape for Sunday’s ride… again, as long as the snow holds on!
See you Sunday!
Rick
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