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Trail Maintenance, Balsam Lake, Fall 2019
Finished my 2019 maintenance by tidying up a few things between the two junctions on the south side of Balsam Lake. When I first took on this trail section in the spring, it hadn’t been tended to in many years and was very overgrown.
![Lost Clove Trailhead](https://mountain-hiking.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1007-6.03.54-PM-460x300.jpg)
Trail Maintenance, Lost Clove, Fall 2019
Lost Clove is one of the very steepest trails in the Catskill Park. Which is great, if you’re a hill-running lunatic. If you’re me? Not so great. But trail maintenance is rewarding work, and I was really happy to finish the tidy-up I started in May.
![Trial Maintainers Walking in Mine Hollow](https://mountain-hiking.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mine-hollow-trail-maintenance-460x300.jpg)
Trail Maintenance 101 in Mine Hollow
Look at this place. What a day to be outside in such a beautiful setting. The very next day, it snowed all over the Catskills—in mid-May! But on this perfect spring day, I joined a small group of fellow trainees for Trail Maintenance 101.