The dictionary defines trail as:a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country (http://public.onelook.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofindp.cgi)

"... had settled on a homestead east of Foster, on Wiley Creek which bears his name. When they returned they reported that they had found a splendid route for a road with a trail blazed to the open country beyond the mountains that became the only trade route to central Oregon. They were very enthusiastic over opportunity to build road and became associated with other interested parties and decided to open a trail. In a proposal published in the Oregon Democrat on February 28 1860 they asked for public subscription and said, "If the people do not aid us in this work, and thus make it a free road, we will go on and open it ourselves, and claim a charter and exclusive right of the road"
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"A slide and some fallen timber blocked even this trail and the only way of reaching the upper Elwha was a trail over the high ridge between Long and Goldie rivers. This crossed the divide at 5,900 feet and the steep grades make it impossible to pack supplies enough to accommodate a party as large as the Mountaineers. Port Angeles came to our aid and open a trail for ten miles into Press valley and a new one for six miles at the head of the valley into Elwha basin. But for this work it would have been impossible for our club to have reached Mt. Olympus and because of it a permanent way will have been opened into the region, one of the most beautiful in the state."


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Note added at 29 mins (2005-04-01 13:44:43 GMT)
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Good luck!

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-04-01 13:46:19 GMT)
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I just left it in the infinitive because I have no idea how you\'ve translated the rest of the sentence.