Calf Mountain Project

Cribwall Construction

We found, above the dry-stone field wall, a sloping rock shelf that, when we laid out the relocation, we could not easily avoid. Patrick, Catherine, and Dan trained and led John, Susan, Kelly, Richard, and Lindsay to fashion and build a cribwall section to better grade this area of the relocation. Thanks to their collaboration, hikers safely pass over the shelf without knowing it's there. You’ll have to go and see this, it’s truly a wonder.

Carefully unspool the wire
Rig the line
Set the shackling
Rig the rock
Carefully haul in the line
Check the rigged rock
Pry the rock into the cribwall
Check the cribwall alignment
Modify as needed
Backfill the tread
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