West Fraser Ltd. Helps HMBA with Dust and Erosion
Bike Hinton
A dry spring
Hot and dry weather in April created very, VERY, dusty conditions on the Robb Road adjacent to the Hinton Bike Park. After contacting the Town of Hinton and West Fraser about how to best remedy the situation (i.e. to stop chocking on dust while executing the Superman at the Dirt Jumps - hey, it happens!), West Fraser used calcium chloride (retains moisture) on the road which did the trick!
And then summer happened
Then it started to rain. And rain some more. And it kept coming all summer. (Has it stopped yet?) Rain is good after such a dry spring, but it did create new challenges for our Bike Park, namely erosion. Again, the Robb Road became a source of sediment (just too much rain!) which flowed into the park at various points along Flow Master, the Dirt Jumps and the Skills Area.
After positive discussions regarding the process of water diversion, West Fraser has re-graded the ditch and culvert area along the Robb Road, near the bottom of Flow Master. With a few touch ups, HMBA volunteers were able to make some additional small changes to the drainage which will hopefully prevent further erosion from culvert problems. Repair is still needed on some sections on Flow Master (TBA later in September!), but the source of most of the problems is greatly improved.
Thank you to the staff at West Fraser for listening to our concerns and working with HMBA to resolve them!
Working on channel diversion after the road was re-graded.
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