On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 7:22 PM Rihards <ric...@nakts.net> wrote: > On 19.04.19 19:34, Kevin Kenny wrote: > > (There's also a law that snowshoes or skis are required > > once the snow is 20 cm deep, but I follow "don't tag the local > > legislation". There's nothing in that law regarding crampons, but any > > time I've been using crampons and met a ranger, the ranger was also > > using them and said nothing about it.) > This seems a bit uncommon (the law, not you meeting the rangers). Got > any reference or more detail on it?
6 CRR-NY 190.13 (f)(3)(vii) "In the High Peaks Wilderness Area, no person shall [...] fail to possess and use skis or snowshoes when the terrain is snow-covered with eight or more inches of snow" https://tinyurl.com/y2bbfjad There are other areas with similar regulations. Moreover, failing to use snowshoes is regarded as very poor trail etiquette because it shows little consideration for the safety of those behind you. Tripping over a posthole (mountaineer slang for the hole left when someone's boot breaks through the compacted snow on a trail) could be very dangerous indeed on a trail like http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tYTfwHvO37c/VJnbELXajCI/AAAAAAAABnc/FdT5BrIX1Is/s1600/DSC_3854.JPG. You can't always see the postholes. They fill with light drifted snow that gives no more support than the same quantity of air. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
