11-17-2015, 10:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-17-2015, 10:28 PM by broncosbybart.)
My issue with trail usage when muddy is erosion. The trails took a beating last weekend. All the mtn bike trails here in Charlotte all close when wet and reopen a day or two later. It helps a lot with wear and tear.
My idea to link the pass to a person would help for things like the abandoned Explorer left on Dutch John this summer. Really just more accountability. There are way too many yahoos out there. Increasing the usage fee and patrolling would probably do it but they can't up the fee without some huge ordeal and policing doesn't seem to be a priority.
If things go the way they are going it will be shut down sooner than later. Hate to say that but it is a reality. Kodak was shut down in large part due to dispersed camping off the trail. I will bet anything that it will never reopen.
Last year we were told that there were 5 arch sites on the USFS radar. They wouldn't disclose the locations because they thought we would take artifacts from them- at least that is what I took from it. The govt doesn't work in a way that makes sense to me.
My idea to link the pass to a person would help for things like the abandoned Explorer left on Dutch John this summer. Really just more accountability. There are way too many yahoos out there. Increasing the usage fee and patrolling would probably do it but they can't up the fee without some huge ordeal and policing doesn't seem to be a priority.
If things go the way they are going it will be shut down sooner than later. Hate to say that but it is a reality. Kodak was shut down in large part due to dispersed camping off the trail. I will bet anything that it will never reopen.
Last year we were told that there were 5 arch sites on the USFS radar. They wouldn't disclose the locations because they thought we would take artifacts from them- at least that is what I took from it. The govt doesn't work in a way that makes sense to me.