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Blacktail – Wild Bill National ORV Recreation Trail Project

Blacktail – Wild Bill National ORV Recreation Trail Project. A US Forest Service and Skyliners 4X4 Club Partnership Project. Blacktail – Wild Bill. Located north of Lake Mary Ronan and west of Flathead Lake. Designated National ORV Recreation Trail in the 1970s.

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Blacktail – Wild Bill National ORV Recreation Trail Project

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  1. Blacktail – Wild Bill National ORV Recreation Trail Project A US Forest Service and Skyliners 4X4 Club Partnership Project

  2. Blacktail – Wild Bill • Located north of Lake Mary Ronan and west of Flathead Lake. • Designated National ORV Recreation Trail in the 1970s. • Goal is to develop world-class destination Jeep trail.

  3. Design Guidelines • Develop Class 3.5 to 4 4x4 trail • Challenges designed for modified 4x4 vehicles (not suitable for firewood cutters). • Each challenge needs a 52-inch wide by-pass for recreational ATV riders. • Incorporate drainage structures as directed by FS.

  4. Design Guidelines continued • Trailheads need challenge features to discourage inappropriate vehicle use • Information signs located about 100 feet past trailhead to reduce vandalism • More info: Andrew Johnson at Swan Lake Ranger District

  5. Original trailhead

  6. Bypassing trailhead challenge

  7. Challenge construction – pre-position big rocks

  8. Challenge construction – Dig base for rock

  9. Challenge construction –Place big rocks

  10. Challenge construction – Backfill and tamp to stabilize rocks

  11. Challenge construction –Almost done

  12. Challenge construction –Place natural barriers to keep rigs on the trail

  13. The view…

  14. Gravel Waterbar

  15. Starting New Sign

  16. Completed New Sign

  17. Another Challenge

  18. Lessons Learned • Much easier to start with a bad road and enhance the challenges than to start with a decent road like this and build all the challenges. • Need planning and coordination. Location and design of challenges was left up to volunteers, creating much confusion.

  19. Lessons Learned • Start at the farthest challenge and work back towards the source of rocks and gravel so heavy equipment can have decent access. • Use of partnership rather than volunteers took liability off FS, allowed work to be done without a bunch of mandatory FS training.

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