On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 2:21 PM Kevin Broderick <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, that assumes that you can trust the news to be accurate, > Always a questionable assumption -- whenever you know the facts behind a story, you see what they get wrong. > and the distinction between "closed in winter" and "not maintained for > winter travel" is not one I expect the news media to get right. The article > I saw quoted the driver has having seen a "Not maintained for winter > travel" sign and continuing because he didn't think that implied a closure > (which is true, even if it may be a poor choice in a minivan). > At this point i wouldn't trust the driver's statements even without a reporter re-writing them. I would want to see, or see a photo of, the sign before I personally touched that road and it's gate nodes. (Is there a NH list where that discussion should move? My question here is what tags are appropriate for the several possibilities.) Given that it is a snowmachine trail, "closed" seems more likely > That the news reports the driver was cited (given a ticket/summons) for something like driving a car on road closed to cars does indicate that the cops consider it closed, whatever the sign actually says. > (and it would be exceedingly impolite to put wheel ruts into a groomed > trail, even if legal), > Yes indeed. (Emergency services excepted.) > but it's been long enough since I traveled it that I can't recall the > signage. > I don't recall if we ever used that scenic shortcut - we certainly did various 2/302/Kancamagus loops, mid last century, through all the other, major notches, both summer and leaf-peeper. Now I want to drive this notch sometime before peak-leaf-peeper :-D. (I am painfully aware how rusty my snowmobile skills are and would not attempt it in winter unless in a group tour with a paid professional guide and roustabouts to get me unstuck ! :-D Knowing your own limits is key in the back-country.) > My fuzzy recollection is a gate on the Base Station end. > There was already an old Note requesting clarification of the status/signage of the Gate there in OSM, so you are likely correct that it is (or was!) there. I can't find a definitive answer on the NH DOT site, and the WMNF MVUM > shows it to be a non-forest road through the forest. > Thanks for searching ! // Bill, exiled in Boston, Flatland, USA
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