The Banadad Bulletin

This year’s  Trail Plan was completed on February 25, 2010. You can review a text only version  by clicking on Plan.  A printed copy is available to all Banadad Trail Association members at no cost.

The ice covered alder brush and small trees clogging the Banadad Ski Trail from last months storm, and that forced the closing of the trail, has finally been removed. The Banadad is once again open.  The re-opening of the trail took nine-four hours of hard-wet-cold hand labor by trail crews.

Groomers have now finished packing the fresh snow and the re-setting of tracks begins today, February 11. It is expected that the track setting of the Banadad will be completed by tomorrow.

According to trail maintenance manager, Ted Young, “the brush that clogged the trail from this storm was by far and away the worst I have ever seen in my twenty-seven years of working on the Banadad. The crews that helped re-open the trails did a great job!  Young continued, “I wish to give a special thanks to Jim Morrison, Peter Spink, Pete Harris, John and Barbara Bottagar who volunteered their time along with paid trail workers, Jim Raml, Mike and Matt Hendrickson.  And thanks to other members of the Banadad Trail Assocation who, contributed moral support, including support from as far away as New Zealand. The re-opening of the Banadad was truly a team effort.”

Ted Young, Trail Administrator t- Last week I had to attend an important but boring state tourism conference; I was gone four days. When I returned I discoved that the weekend’s rain followed by twelve inches of snow had devastated the Banadad. The ice/snow covered brush and small trees had caved into the trail making it impassable. I have since hired two local guys and who along with Jim Raml and I are working to get the trail opened. Thus far we have now spent fifty-seven hours (two or three people each day) on the trail. We now  have approximately 25kms of 39 kms open. We expect it will take another thirty hours or so to complete the job. I have requested supplementary funds from the DNR but not sure if they will come through.

December 19- All the trails in the Banadad Trail system are now cleared and packed. We are now just awaiting enough snow to track. Currently there are from four inches of snow on the trail’s eastern end to six inches west of mid trail. Some snow is predicted over the weekend.

BCT’s maintenance crew

Sunday, November  8- Taking an ATV in as far as the Bedew Yurts, then hiking the one

Morrison on Repaired Banadad Bridge

and one half miles into the Banadad Bridge, Jim Morrison and Ted Young made the necessary repair on the bridge to insure it was serviceable for the coming ski season. The pair found the trail to the bridge in good condition with no new downfalls.

The weather was overcast and mild for the trip in and out however upon the pairs return it started to rain.