Poston is a fun trail that drains well and is always open.  Probably be pretty slick though.

Agree with CYCLE PATH.  Just because the trails are open does not indicate it's OK to ride if it's wet/muddy.  Many trails that never officially close have instructions/signs posted to wait 24 hours before riding. Unless you are a novice rider, you know this.  To some of you (that probably does not work on the trails), do not be selfish and only think of yourself.  Trail coordinators/Trailbuilders are spending a lot of time and effort to keep these trails in shape for everyone to ride.

Was Signal Hill muddy last night? NO except one spot. Are the bridges rotten and losing planks by looking at them and grass taking over the trail? The answer is yes

Always happy to help at trail work days at SH, but never see anything advertised in forum.

Ride on.  Rant off.  Cheers to those that maintain trails.  Let's work together and make them better.

Soooo... who's in charge of the greatest single track technical paradise in Statesville?  Might need a mani/pedi soon, gonna be unrideable in a week or so if we don't clean it up.  Who's in charge?  I'd be happy to help at a trail work day.  Before I go out there and start tinkering myself... does anybody have anything scheduled?

Ciao... and don't tell me to get on Facebook and look there.  I hate Facebook.  And warm beer.

Enoch,

Thanks for pointing to that thread.  I did find it before I made my post.  You will notice that there is no trail coordinator listed for Signal Hill.  Also, I do remember reading somewhere that Jeff Archer is no longer coordinator for the State Park.  Seems like that is BigBikeMike now.  Although, Mark @ the Cycle Path was kind enough to send me Evan (?)'s phone number, in reference to Signal Hill.  I was more interested in knowing if there was some kind of coordinated effort, you know, so I wasn't trimming, spraying, and blowing off 5 miles of trail by myself.  I did mention in my post that I was willing to help out, and if it comes down to it, I'll go do it myself because I do like to ride there, it's close to home, there are no f)(*$&*^ing pine needles like the State Park, and I know the people I ride with will appreciate it and give me free, cold beer, with no Facebook strings attached.  Signal Hill, to me, is like a girl that might not look that good, but is really great in the sack.  Once you dive in and figure it out, it's a great time.  I'm still finding new ways to challenge myself there.  I don't know if there is a secret bro-code to get work day info or what, but I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't stepping on anyone's toes and/or doing duplicate work.  In fairness, I haven't talked to Evan yet, so maybe that will answer my questions.

So Evan is the trail coordinator at Signal Hill now?  I did a trail work day there last year, I think a guy named Scott (?) was in charge - goes by 'Marin Man' on the forum.  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

Some of the bridges need some help also.  Boards are starting to break.  Again, I'm willing to donate time... but hopefully won't be working alone, hopefully can learn from somebody that knows what they're doing, and hopefully not paying for tools or materials or fuel myself.  I don't have the time to be a trail coordinator, nor do I have the skills, but I can pick up heavy things from one place and move them to another place, and put them down.  And I do really appreciate all of the volunteer work that everybody does.

If there is a secret bro-code, and someone who knows the code could start a thread here when there are work days, maybe that solves my problem.  Otherwise, I'll have at it as I get time, and maybe pick the lock to the gate so I can drive my truck back in with string trimmer and leaf blower and plenty of poison ivy killer.  Somebody is doing a heck of a lot of work on the pump track, it's pretty clean all the time.
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Trail Coordinator is, as I learned, a pretty arbitrary title that rightfully belongs to someone who cares enough about a trail to try and do something good for it. 

SH (like SWDP) is better off with an inexperienced, well-intentioned trail coordinator than no coordinator at all. The worst that can happen, really, is that nothing gets much better. 

Sounds to me like the job is yours Drew.