Trail siting though Eastern Wedge

TRAILS: 0.75 hours: 4:45 PM to 5:30 PM

Started roughing out a trail from High Road through Eastern Wedge unit #5.

Exploratory trail siting in new Eastern Wedge Unit #5. From the upper High Road landing in south side Unit #4, a fairly level path due east into the hemlock maw. Once inside the veil, found a fairly level bench winding along the contour towards the NE. Started pruning the in-your-face pencil-sized branches on the hemlocks in this area that run all the way to the ground. Cleared decrepit brush and stunted hemlocks along the trail route in this completely closed-canopy zone. Only about a half hour of actual work, as I lost the light. Will need to return with the chainsaw to cut out the suppressed trees and lots  of bent-over live trees – looks like a recent ice storm or some other extreme weather event caused a lot of damage here.