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<DIV>Hi Blister,</DIV>
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<DIV>I could've sworn that the sign going southbound on the CDT had the symbol for motorbikes crossed out! But then I ran into the motorbikers descending into the Lost Creek valley. On the other side of the pass, where the trail descends into the main Pole Creek, the sign for the trail going back to Carson Pass had nothing listed as being banned. A very strange (and suspicious, I might add) lack of appropriate signage on that side. Maybe the bikers did something to the sign so they could claim innocence?</DIV>
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<DIV>Karl</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Brett" <blisterfree@yahoo.com> <BR><BR>> >>But the USFS relocations do nothing to address the rampant <BR>> >>destruction of <BR>> trail with motor bikes between Cataract Lake and Carson <BR>> Pass. <BR>> <BR>> The Carson Pass area has been the site of heavy OHV use for <BR>> years. I remember how badly degraded the singletrack trail <BR>> was in this area back in '98 on my CT thru. Very painful to <BR>> see, especially in such fragile meadowy terrain above <BR>> treeline. <BR>> <BR>> There were signs disallowing motorbikes where the trail left <BR>> Carson Pass southbound. But a sign is not the same as <BR>> enforcement. Until the road(s) leading to the pass are gated <BR>> (I assume they're not), and maybe a fenceline installed, the <BR>> CDT is bound to cross a traffic-b
earing road in this area. <BR>> <BR>> Part of the problem is topographic. The San Juans are <BR>> certainly rugged, but not in the same way as the Sierra <BR>> Nevada, for instance. Roads can, have, and will be torn <BR>> through the CDT high country. Only awareness, vigilance and <BR>> restraint will curb the epidemic. <BR>> <BR>> - blisterfree <BR>> <BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR>> Simblissity Ultralight :: One-of-a-Kind Designs for the <BR>> Great Outdoors <BR>> www.simblissity.net <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> cdt-l mailing list <BR>> cdt-l@backcountry.net <BR>> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>