[pct-l] Space for Bikes

[Cat Nelson]

I like how you crunched numbers and openned up the wild blue yonder!
On Oct 19, 2012 8:34 PM, "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Good evening,
>
> Thinking about bike use on the PCT I like to step back a bit and look at
> the whole picture.  Most of the PCT is on public land; substantially
> administered by either the USFS or the BLM.  The small remainder is private
> land or public land administered by the Natl. Park Service, etc.
>
> In the three-state length of the PCT, here’s the scoreboard of USFS and BLM
> land:
>
> California has 36,000,000 acres,
>
> Oregon has 31,400,000 acres,
>
> Washington has 9,700,000 acres.
>
> That totals 77,100,000 acres, all of which is available for bikes except
> for a small amount designated as PCT, wilderness, and Natl. Park.
>
> The PCT is 2,650 miles long and 2 feet wide.  There are 43,560 square feet
> per acre.  That means the total area of the PCT equals about 640 acres.
>  The
> PCT is then 0.00083% of the available public lands in the states that it
> crosses.
>
> In view of that, are bikers really deprived if they can’t use that
> 0.00083%?
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
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