A few years ago, my cousin and I built a stand from 3 tiers of scaffolding, complete with a pvc roof to shed snow and rain. The bases are set on doubled up, pressure treated 2" X !2" blocks and all four corners are secured with tie down straps to trees. During a recent storm, one of the trees snapped, so we will be cutting that tree free and adding a new tie down to a tree a bit further away. and we will be brush hogging the trail into the tree line. A lot of wild strawberry vines that are out of control due to the copious amount of rain we have had. They are 2-3' tall and are a serious tripping hazard.