On 4/2/20 10:02 AM, Kevin Kenny wrote:
On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 11:54 AM Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:
However, around me there is a convention that any
dirt/unimproved/in-the-woods sort of thing is path, and
in-town/paved/manicured sorts of are highway=footway.
I started tagging trails as 'path' - and found that the locals
immediately changed them to 'footway' or 'cycleway' except for shared
paths. 'surface' and 'smoothness' are better ways to disambiguate
whether we're talking about a rocky singletrack or an asphalt
rail-trail.
How many trails are there that are not shared use?
I am mildly curious how many places there are in mountain bike trails
that prohibit hikers. Around me, every trail that is open at all is
open to hiking, and some are open to bicycles and horses, some aren't.
(Additionally some are closed to bicyles and horses when wet.)
As I said in my earlier post, there are some around here that are
specifically posted for MTB use. I don't think hiking on them is
exactly prohibited, but it's surely discouraged. Obviously, you won't
get a ticket for hiking out with a disabled bike or whatever, but you
really shouldn't plan to go hiking there. A number of those trails are
designated for x-c ski in the winter, and hiking on ski tracks would
be extremely inconsiderate, whether it's lawful or not.
Out west, I don't think there are any public trails that I've come
across that ban hikers. The exception would be ski areas that have
developed downhill mtb trails.
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