Cancer only if you're IN california though. Doesn't happen 3 miles away in Nevada.
For all the dirt bitching PNW folks have down here there is one thing you don't have to worry about. What are those things called? The dirt sticks.....they shine in the rain which is always. Can't remember the name. Made of wood......
I don't know why PNW would bitch about cali dirt. I have a fucking great time in Tahoe, and yeah, the lack of sniper roots is a big plus.
The very hard but true fact is that dust >>> the clay mud we incorrectly call "loam".
I mean, actual loam is the tits. But you have to be cutting a new line to get actual loam. It never exists on a defined trail.