Gallery: Stapelveldt Trail, Muir Woods National Monument

In the winter of 2022-2023, the Redwood Creek Crew constructed a burly retaining wall to repair a blown-out section of trail. The crew built the wall in a traditional style utilizing whole logs and rock junk wall. The retaining log was a Douglas fir sourced on-site, while the headers were hiked in from the Ben Johnson worksite.

Trail washout before the repair.

Crew member Tim hikes materials up to the worksite. Fill rock was imported and hiked to the site by backpack.

Hannah cuts notches in the retaining log before it will be rolled onto the headers.

Crew member Hannah smooth out notches with an e-chainsaw.

Crew members Hannah and Pricila finesse notches by feel.

Completed retaining wall.

Before and after images of the repair.