Corona 7-inch Folding Saw for Limb Trimming

I finally picked up a folding saw to take on trail. I spend a lot of time on user trails that aren’t maintained by land managers, and they often have downed trees that obstruct the path. While a 7-inch saw won’t cut trunks or large limbs, it is more than enough to trim smaller limbs that can maintain a user trail.

Just in the last year, I can recall places where this tool would’ve come in handy - Jailhouse Rock, Red Byrd Arch, Buzzards Roost (all of them), Military Wall Overlook, and a number of spots around Sheltowee Trace.

By trimming small limbs, it makes it easier for hikers to stay on the existing path rather than forming new paths around these obstructions. And, while it’s illegal to create new trails, it is ideal to cut and remove what you can from existing trails.

With longer days ahead, spending an hour here or there to do a little maintenance is easier to fit into the day.

In addition, I have a few trips to Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail planned this year where the trail sees a good number of blow downs annually and the volunteer trail crew is always happy for a little help. I’ll most likely be backpacking this trail, so a lightweight saw fits the bill.

As a reminder, only cut down and dead trees, never live standing.

This spot would take a couple hours to clean up, but in the end, only the tree trunks would remain - simple enough to walk over rather than forming new trails around these downed trees. By the way, there were a couple paths to nowhere around some of these trees - likely the kind of spots where AllTrails users turned back. Pay for the offline version or get better with route finding.