In 2019 heavy weather caused a large slip above a section of the Coppermine Trail between the Maitai Dam and Smiths Ford, Ground Anchor Systems was engaged by the Nelson Tasman Cycle Trust to clear the slip debris from the trail and reinstate the track for use by cyclists and walkers.

The section of track requiring remediation is only accessible via a walking track, because of this vegetated Flex MSE bags where utilized for the retaining structure required to reinstated the track, the Flex MSE bags where filled with media offsite and helicoptered to the slip site to form the track back to its original location.

Following the tracks reinstatement Ground Anchor Systems has undertaken rope access monitoring on a series of datum points placed across the slip, the slip is monitored on a bi-weekly basis or after weather events that exceed a threshold based of rainfall at the Maitai Forks.

This recurring observation ensures this section of the Coppermine Trial is safe for the cyclists and walkers that regularly frequent the track.