{"id":9608,"date":"2011-05-05T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/?p=9608"},"modified":"2023-07-21T13:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T13:50:15","slug":"the-2011-trail-season-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/the-2011-trail-season-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2011 Trail Season Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>The 2011 Trail Season Begins<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Thursday, May 5, 2011<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Happy Spring!<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ECTA has again hired over 25 paid crew members as seasonal trail builders and carpenters. The crew is currently out with chain saws clearing blow downs and leaners across the trail, readying the paths into good condition for walkers and hikers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Work will soon begin on Mickeleens Path, the northern section of which was most damaged by Hurricane Igor last September. This will involve extensive treadway repair and some structural improvements. Mickeleens Path is passable at this time.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The crew will also be completing the final development of the path from Pouch Cove to Cape St. Francis. Pouch Cove north to Freshwater River was developed in 2010. This work will bring us up to the Cape!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maintenance Volunteers are gearing up for our first outing on May 14, see <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/eastcoasttrail.ca\/scheduled_hikes\/view.php?id=438\"><b>Scheduled Hikes<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. We invite and welcome newcomers to the program. The East Coast Trail cannot continue without greater participation in trail maintenance by our trail users and members. We have an organic product that needs continued attention not to disappear into alders and spruce.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 11th East Coast Trail Tely Hike is scheduled to take place on June 4th celebrating <\/span><b>International Trails Day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and the newly upgraded <\/span><b>Father Troy&#8217;s Path<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Silver Mine Head Path<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, see <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/eastcoasttrail.ca\/tely_hike\/\"><b>Tely Hike <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for details. Plan to come out and take part in our annual fund raiser and celebration of the East Coast Trail!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Credits: Story and photographs by Janny Van Houwelingen<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9609 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SeasonBegins_May2011-7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9610 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SeasonBegins_May2011-6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9611 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SeasonBegins_May2011-5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9612 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SeasonBegins_May2011-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9613 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SeasonBegins_May2011-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9614 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SeasonBegins_May2011-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9615 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SeasonBegins_May2011-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9616 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SeasonBegins_May2011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2011 Trail Season Begins Thursday, May 5, 2011 Happy Spring! The ECTA has again hired over 25 paid crew members as seasonal trail builders and carpenters. The crew is currently out with chain saws clearing blow downs and leaners across the trail, readying the paths into good condition for walkers and hikers. Work will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-57","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9617,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9608\/revisions\/9617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}