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LOWERREACHONETRAILOutlineofCommitmentsandTrailDesign
ChelanCountyPUD,CityofChelan,&LakeChelanTrailsAllianceMay2018
LIABILITY:TheCityofChelanwillassumeallliabilityfortrailuse.AChelanCountyPUD(CCPUD)permitwillbeissuedtotheCityofChelanfortrailcreationandmaintenance.ThepermitwillbemodelledaftertherecreationalagreementbetweentheCityofWenatcheeandCCPUDgoverningthePUDparcelintheWenatcheeFoothillsusedfortrails.MAINTENANCE:TheCityofChelanwillassumeallmaintenanceresponsibilitiesforthetrailandtrailsignage.ThiscommitmentwillbeincludedintheCCPUDpermit.DESIGN&PERMITTING:TheLakeChelanTrailsAlliance(LCTA)offerstheenclosedlayoutanddesignofthetrailformutualapprovalbytheCityandCCPUD.LCTAwillbetheleadintrailpermitting(SEPA,etc.).ChelanCountywillbetheleadagencyinSEPAprocessing.
Seeappendixforlargerformatmap
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TRAILDESIGNTheLowerReachOnetrailbranchesoffoftheexistingReachOnetrailandtravelssouthbysoutheastalongtheriverbeforeclimbingbackuptothegorgeroadbench.
- Thetrailiscomposedasaseriesoftwoloopsprovidinguserswithmultipleroutesanddistances.
- Totallineartraildistanceisapproximately2.35miles.- Primaryuserswillbehikersandtrailrunnersgiventheshortdistance.Mountainbikes
willbepermittedonthetrails.- Trailwidthwillbe18”-24”withacompacteddirtsurface.- Redsectionoftrailnearriverwillmaintainaminimumof20’ofdistancefromtheChelan
Rivertoprotectunstableslopes.
Signage:LCTAwillinstalltrailsignageshowingdistancesandroutesthroughthegorgeatfourlocationsalongthetrail:
- (1)ThejunctionpointoftheexistingReachOnetrailandnewlowerReachOnetrail.- (2-4)Ateachloopnode.- Additionally,themapatthetrailheadwillbeupdatedtoshowtheentireReachOnetrail
network.
FourSignLocations
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AllsignswillincludethelogosofthePUD,LCTA,andCityofChelantoconveythetrail’smulti-agencystakeholders.AdditionalNoTrespassingsigns,NoFishingsigns,etc.willbeinstalledasdictatedbythePUD.CCPUDandtheCityofChelanwillapprovesigndesignpriortocreation.Reach2–RiskMitigation:TokeepusersasafeandenjoyabledistancefromtheChelanRiver,Reach2,andthesteepslopessurroundingReach2,thetrailutilizesthreedesignfeatures:
1. Existingroadswillbede-compactedandseededoneithersideoftrailtodiscourageuse.2. Trailmaintains20’min.distancefromriverandsteepslopeleadingtoReach2.3. TrailroutesusersawayfromthesectionofReach1immediatelyadjacenttoReach2.
Reach2RiskMitigation
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CONSTRUCTION:TheLakeChelanTrailsAlliancewillberesponsiblefortrailconstruction.ExamplesoftrailconstructiontechniquescanbeseenatEchoRidgeRecreationArea.Constructionwillutilizearentedmini-excavatorandhandlabor.Alllaborwillbevolunteer.Theremaybetheneedtoremovestandinghazardtreesthatwereburnedinthe2015fire.LCTAwillremovethetreesandwillrelyonthePUDtoidentify.PublicoutreachandfundraisingtobeginuponsigningofpermitbetweenCityandPUD.Phasing:Thetrailwillbeconstructedintwophases:
• Thefirstphasewillinstalltheinitialdownriversectionandthelowerreachoneloop.(2019)
• ThesecondphasewillriseoutoftheReachOnetothesouthandcompleteashortupperloop.(2020)
Constructionwilltakeplaceinthespringandfall.Noconstructionwillbeperformedoncetrailmoistureisgone.
PhasingPlan
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MONITORING&EVALUATIONOFUSE:TheLakeChelanTrailsAlliancewillmonitorthetrailonamonthlybasis(ormorefrequentlyasneeded)andprovidethePUDwithannualupdates(ormoreasneeded).Theseupdateswillsummarizetrailconditionsandanymaintenanceperformed.Assessmentofuselevelswillalsobeofferedbaseduponqualitativeobservations.FUTURETOPICS:ConsiderationoffutureimprovementstotheReachOneTrailheadbaseduponexpandedusegeneratedbythistrailwillbeundertakenatalaterdatebyLCTA.
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APPENDIX:TrailMap