I worked with a state park and staff to conduct the first state mountain
bike championships and fat tire festival back where I used to live. The
rangers' documentation of the improvement of conditions left by pack
animals in soft trail conditions by the riders of guided trail rides and
the
Their identification and assessment of the problems and solutions match my
personal experience on the Continental Divide and Colorado Trails in the
wilderness areas as well as some of the areas outside wilderness designated
areas.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 10:44:47
I, personally, don't think this is the right solution. The problems they
describe are real problems, but their solution doesn't take in to account
the problems their changes could cause.
The website is also really misleading about what constitutes Wilderness,
and I think that's on purpose.
Like David's sentiment . . . . nature is far more destructive of
nature than man could ever be . As destructive as man is , man is most
destructive to none other than himself . To me, all such legislation is
akin to self-guilt, with it's inherent self punishment. Trying to control
I have been an active member of a mountain biking group in NJ (JORBA) for
years (including building and maintaining trails for multi-use following
the IMBA method). I have been mostly opposed to wilderness area bans on
bicycles (having enjoyed several wild areas in CO and UT that presently
