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Ben Ervin

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Anchorage, AK

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Horsetail Falls

2025 Whittier, AK

Role: Project Supervisor

Constructed ~300' of 24" wide step and run on a new benchcut alignment in order to abandon an old, rotten fall-line check step route.
Removed old trail structure and re-benched and filled 30’ of tread w/ D1 from nearby supersacks. Dug a dip drain.
Dug a large 100’ lateral drain w/ two french drains. Hardened tread alongside lateral drain by building a rock causeway from rock nearby the work site. Filled causeway with crush and D1 from supersacks along the trail.

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