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The heavy steel gates created by artist/welder Rob Bauer and installed in now 19 locations along the AZT have become icons, symbolizing the permanence of the Arizona National Scenic Trail while accommodating hikers, cyclists and equestrians yet blocking unauthorized vehicular traffic. Followings several days of site preparation, a sturdy band of stalwart volunteers installed four of these maintenance-free structures September 19 on Passages 28 and 29.
Joe and Shawn “pre dug” the sites, working three days over a period of weeks. The ATA’s new electric jack hammer was initiated in this effort; THANK YOU to donors Phyllis Ralley, Frederick Frankenfeld, Bernadine McCollum, Elisabeth Good and Copper State Trail Riders.
Funding sources for the gates themselves include Ben Masters and the Unbranded crew, as well as everyone who purchased a ticket for the film screening in Flagstaff last weekend.
Rob brought the four gates north from where they are assembled in his shop in Catalina on Friday; the crew met in Pine early Saturday morning and caravanned to the first site. Since several members of the crew have been at all 15 previous installations they are quite practiced, and the actual installations took about 90 minutes per site. Each gate is one unified structure and is cemented (with 800 pounds of cement) into two 30-inch deep and two 18-inch deep holes with a cross-member buried a foot under the opening for the tread. The crew levels and plumbs the gate, mixes and pours the cement and attaches the fence wires to loops welded specifically for this on the outside posts. The final step is smoothing the tread through the gate, and wiping off any cement splatters. Over a few months the steel weathers to a brown patina, blending with desert or forest surroundings.
These gates went in fences at FR 751, Moqui Campground horse bypass, and the north and south sides of the Highway 87 right-of-way.
USFS Recreation Specialist Rose Harley managed the administrative clearances necessary for the project.
Thanks to Rob B., Joe L., Tom K., Lee A., Bill H., Rose H. and Bob B.
Shawn Redfield |
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The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. |
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