[pct-l] What do you say to mountain bikers on the PCT

[JPL]

If I was maintaining a trail that was being poached, I would sure do what I 
could to make it difficult for the poachers while keeping it passable for 
the law-abiding non-poacher.

-----Original Message----- 
From: marmot marmot
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 8:08 PM
To: JPL
Cc: Dan Jacobs ; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] What do you say to mountain bikers on the PCT

A lot of the hikers I know have always used their hiking poles to flip small 
branches off the trail and have stopped to drag bigger ones away. Maybe we 
should all stop this. It seemed like we were helping with trail maintenance 
but in the long run we are hurting the trail. Marmot

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> On Oct 27, 2013, at 4:08 PM, "JPL" <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
>
> I'd like to hear from bikers on this.  Seems like having to constantly 
> make
> your way over down trees, step-over size for hikers, would be a pain; at
> least act as a speed bump.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dan Jacobs
> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 6:34 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] What do you say to mountain bikers on the PCT
>
> Unless the trees are more than 100 ft long and 6 feet or even more in
> diameter on an unstable or sensitive slope.  Hikers can get hurt trying to
> overcome such obstacles, too. #Think.
>
> Dan Jacobs
> Washougal
>
>
>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 2:25 PM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
>>
>> One quick and easy thing to do is to not remove down trees.  Hikers can
>> easily step over them.  As can (I guess) horses.
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