If awarded the Michelob ULTRA Superior Trails grant, volunteers can immediately start maintaining the Grandview Trail’s inner canyon pathways with drainage systems, debris removal, and emergency crew services. And because this trail is a part of the Grand Canyon National Park’s storied past, this restoration project ultimately shows respect for this historic national landmark.
probably needs more than the current 19 votes
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Grandview is the only one on the list that I've actually hiked, and I can't imagine how $25,000 would be spent on it (emergency crew services? ). That's a lot of money. It's in a National Park, and though budgets have been cut, I would imagine that the NPS has a lot more $ for trail maintenance than the agencies that manage the land on the other trails up for that grant.
How's the CDT in New Mexico? The Gila and Carson NF sections may result in more profound impacts from this grant than GCNP?
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I don't want the Grandview trail "fixed." Leave it alone. Trail crews rebuilt several sections of it that washed out a few years ago, but they were NPS, I think.
It's fine how it is. Narrow, rocky, occasionally a little treacherous. I like it that way.
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I've missed you guys and the great banter. I think it's NEVER a bad idea to do preventative maintenance...especially when you've got large portions of that trail which are essentially cedar retaining structures tied into cliff-face. They may be fine now, but without touch ups from time to time, they could disappear entirely in a single runoff event.
$25k isn't enough to make a NPS trail smooth and pretty for 1000' let alone 3.5 miles - I don't think we have to worry about losing the character of our beloved Grandview to this grant ;) .
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). That's a lot of money. It's in a National Park, and though budgets have been cut, I would imagine that the NPS has a lot more $ for trail maintenance than the agencies that manage the land on the other trails up for that grant.
