As a Madison renter sitting in his office / bike shop / tool shed, how do I go about getting tools to work on a trail? I was out at Camrock this weekend and attempted to do the expert loop but it is completely grown over. I don't have a weed whacker to tackle that, but would really like to bring that trail back (and area 51 but that is another discussion). After the initial downhill you wind up on that climb / bermed downhill (?) and when you climb to find the rest of the trail it's so overgrown you can barely see where it once was. Attached is a map with this climb / bermed downhill in RED in case you don't know what I'm referring to. Let's call it red trail. Red trail has effectively cut off the expert loop, and I don't really understand what its purpose is, either entrance feels like I'm going the wrong way (another discussion again I guess), and looks pretty unused based on how many branches and stuff remain on the trail. Ideally I would like to reroute expert loop by losing the first downhill and simply connecting with expert loop by crossing red trail (green on the map). But that can happen after reviving existing trail.
I participated in the IMBA trail building class a few years back, and have done a couple work days so I feel confident to lead an impromptu group on this effort. Is it better to clear out a trail in the fall when some of the foliage falls back a bit or is it dumb because it will all just grow back in the spring? Or is spring a better option?
So, Chuck, what's my next step? Thanks for your help!