Carnage Hill is a private property we are able to access as an NEA4WD member club.  The property had been logged several years ago and an access road was bull dozed through the middle of it.  The logging company did little to prevent or repair damage by water run off.  This effectively closed one trail section permanently.  On the opposite end of the spectrum, they did protect our trail beds from impact by their heavier and sometimes tracked machines by laying down a thick layer of brush in the low spots.  The downside of this is it was left behind for us to remove.

Access needed to be restored for use by the NEA4WD and our club.  This trail system is pretty close to home for a lot of people, and worth travelling to for others.  It has a little of something for everyone and some very difficult sections.

We visited this property on three dates to work on three distinct areas.  We joined forces with New England Jeepz one of these days and had around 20 4x4s and 35 people working in two areas.  At one point on one day, we estimated that we removed about 12,000 lbs of wood from the surface of our trails.  We also rerouted one trail’s entrance away from a running stream to a dryer location up a hill.  The scope of work including closing the original trail entrance, removing several dangerous widow maker trees, and of course – trying it out.

Trying it out?

We like to use what we work on.  We call that, “Quality control.”