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Actually, I'm not sure whether they're still being used for the sheep or not. In '98 we <BR>
found sheep in the Weminuche, and in fact, IIRC one of Jim Wolf's trail alternates was <BR>
to follow the sheep trail across a ridge rather than drop 1000'. It was an "interesting" <BR>
route. <BR>
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Sheep - ran into them in other places in Colorado and have run into them several times <BR>
in Wyoming. Got caught in a "sheep stampede" in the Winds and then had the dogs try <BR>
to get a piece of us. That didn't work out for them. Also ran into sheep in Montana near <BR>
the Sheep Station, but the dogs there didn't bother us. <BR>
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Walk softly - and carry a big stick,<BR>
Jim<BR><BR>http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/<BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:03:46 -0800<BR>From: jonathan@phlumf.com<BR>To: cdt-l@backcountry.net<BR>CC: spiriteagle99@hotmail.com; jackrichardson@roadrunner.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Wyoming - Stock Driveway?<BR><BR>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Actually, the stock driveways aren’t really used anymore. In the old days, these were routes for big cattle drives (i.e. see City Slickers, or “Australia”)… a way to get free range cattle to market (usually to a rail yard). But today, free-range cattle are generally rounded up to smaller corrals, then loaded onto trucks and moved that way – less risk of lost/injured cattle among other advantages. The CDT follows another stock driveway in the northern part of the San Juans… </SPAN></FONT></P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There might be a few places where the areas are so vast, the cattle need to be moved a little further than usual to get to a corral, but it’s not quite the same as the old giant cattle drives. If someone knows of a place in the US where they’re still using stock driveways in the traditional sense, I’d be curious to know about it…<BR><BR>-Jonathan<BR></SPAN></FONT><BR>Jim and_or Ginny Owen wrote:
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You run into them several places on the CDT, including Colorado. Sheep and/or cattle are allowed to graze the high country and are brought in via the stock driveways. For CDT hikers, when the trail follows a stock driveway, it means following a cairned route that is pretty easy to follow but may not have a single treadway, just a wide open meadow. The Wolf guidebooks will tell you when you're following a stock driveway.<BR> <BR>Ginny<BR><BR><A class=ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/">http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/</A><BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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From: <A class=ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:jackrichardson@roadrunner.com">jackrichardson@roadrunner.com</A><BR>To: <A class=ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</A><BR>Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:04:28 -0500<BR>Subject: [Cdt-l] Wyoming - Stock Driveway?<BR><BR>
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<DIV>While printing Ley's maps, I found an interesting item on his first few maps of Wyoming.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Since I am from Maine and perhaps a little out of touch, what is a .....
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<DIV><SPAN class=ecxecxApple-style-span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">stock driveway</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>anyway?</DIV>
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