Teton Pass Update from Teton Freedom Rider’s Dig Director



How-dee! Just wanted to keep folks in the loop on TFR trail progress.

Our state funding/reimbursement has been greatly delayed so my hands have been
tied as far as finish work on the Fuzzy Bunny and performing the Powerline Jumps
facelift. I’m confident that we will be set to go first thing next Spring. 2
weeks with a hand crew and 4 to 5 weeks with a (not so) mini excavator as soon
as the snow is gone.

In the meantime… been working on the Friends of Pathways trail crew. We just
spent 5 weeks with a CAT 305 c mini ex busting out the middle section of the
Ridge Trail. Attached is a pic of one of very many climbing turns. What a fun
project this has been! We’re currently working on the last 2 switchbacks up
high, after which the trail will FINALLY be complete. 10.8 miles of singletrack
from Hwy 22 to Fish Ck Rd.

Speaking of finally… we finished developing that large rock feature near the
bottom of the original Lower Lithium. That damned thing is the whole reason I
put the trail there. It turned out nice, I think. Not quite as fast and
jib-friendly as I’d hoped, but exciting nonetheless and it tosses you into the
berm below at a healthy clip. Attached are a few pics…..behold “The
Turdburgler”!

We (TFR finish crew) have been working weekends on finishing the Jimmy’s
Mom/Candyland extension. Wrapped her up last Saturday. Sight lines are
cleared, no entry sign and post along with boulders to corral riders at the
bottom, and somewhere around a million drains have been installed. As a little
added bonus we stretched out the landing for the step mom jump and spruced up
the landing for the double right afterwards.

Yup…Jimmy’s Mom just got bigger.

Toodles.

Harlan Hottenstein
Field Director
Teton Freedom Riders