Nearly 40 people turned out late last month to give a few popular trails off Hurricane Mountain Road some general maintenance during a White Mountains chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association trail work day.
Three of the trails — Kandagnar, Sendero and Pinball — are downhill trails that are seeing an uptick in usage and needed some drainage and rock armor work.
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