DNR is probably putting in some heavy duty bridges in the hope that they'll last 20-30 years... and that probably means creating heavy duty footings for the bridges to sit on. A bit of excavation, buiding footings, installing bridges... before you know it a few weeks are gone.
Oh, and...
Some gravel was used in BBTC work parties to address isolated spots like mud holes and in balls of smaller roots. Gravel wasn't placed in long stretches, so don't worry that the whole trail will end up graveled. AFAIK, this was all on the upper stretch of Preston and it didn't change the feel of...
I heard that Kaiser Soze has it in for free riders!
LOL--thanks for the laugh, Skooks.
And like Borneo said, if you have not heard XC riders bitch about losing trails (or about the BBTC for that matter :) then you must not be hanging out with XC riders.
Since the trail wiki pages can be edited and added by just about anyone, we worried about someone coming along and posting a page about the exits with a map marker showing exactly where they are. To discourage that, we decided to put in placeholder pages and make them not editable by regular users.
Geargrll, a few Seattle side folk will be heading out to Wenatchee to attend and comment. Do you know if bikers from the Spokane area are attending the Wenatchee meeting?
And do you know if folks have done research on specific trails that would be threatened if these Roadless Areas become...
Seems like no matter what trailwork happens on Preston, someone's always bitching about it. BBTC is making it too easy, BBTC is making it too hard, there's too much water, there's too much rocks. No win.
Watch out with the CLC. They're very effective and they get deals done, but they only care about locking up land to avoid development. They don't negotiate for recreation access or write it into the deal. It's not that they're anti, I think, it's just not what they care about.
If you have...
They only do a study if they have a specific project or some bigger area that they are planning for. Nothing like that. I bet what you heard about was the IMBA visit where they walked the trail to discuss freeriding and how you could build a trail like that in a way that's sustainable.
Once upon a time, a biker kept getting his bike taken away from him. He'd find a bike, ride it like crazy, polish it, tune it, ride it more. The bike would scratch a bit, but it'd still ride great. So he'd ride it lots, and let his buddies ride it too. After a while, a guy would come along and...
Uhm, no.
1. USFS has nothing to say about timber sales on state land. USFS doesn't get involved when the state sells timber on Tiger or Capitol Forest or other state tree farms.
2. The two seven trail is on USFS land. That's why they're there. Take a look at a recent land ownership map...
Sure. I'm just sayin, the FS isn't all evil. They're trying to balance while people are pulling them in different directions. The best thing you can do is keep the trial quiet and put it where hikers won't find it & complain about it.
This is a little off topic from the thread, buuut:
It's not the hikers that obstructed the opening of the MF trail recently. There's an unrelated bit in the plan about closing the MF Rd (#56) beyond Dingford, and some jerk who doesn't believe in decomissioning roads has vowed to appeal that...
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