One of the most wonderful parts of X-C skiing is being on "narrow" trails in the woods. Please don't do massive clearing for wide trails!
Nancy Wiegand On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Greg Fangel wrote: > OK Madnorskis, > > Face scratched? Tangled in the brush? > > It's probably too late for this year, but I'm offering you an opportunity > for next fall. > > I talked to our Trail Development Coordinator and he's willing to expand to > Wisconsin to show you what we do and to help you clear your trails. We have > many tools and over 30 years of expertise. > > I propose bringing a bunch of our club members to Madison, working with you > and the city or town to clear the trails on a weekend next fall. If we can > get your club members to house us that will keep our costs down. Then we > could have a nice big get together, dinner or banquet afterwards for > schmoozing, etc. (my wife Liz's daughters live in Madison) > > We help out many trail administrators clear their trails in the fall. They > typically don't care about the trails. It takes skiers to make them good. > > What do you think? Let's plan on it next year. Jimmy? Where are you? > > ************************ > Have a great day! > > Greg Fangel > North Star Ski Touring Club > Minnesota Nordic Ski Association > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:xc-admin@;danenet.org]On Behalf Of > Joseph King > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:31 PM > To: Scott Bachmeier; xc > Subject: Re: [XC] Will Dane County Raise XC Fees? > > > It's nearly impossible to ski all the tracks at Indian Lake > without getting your face scratched. Nice move promoting the > trail work, however. > > Scott Bachmeier wrote: > > > > Joseph King wrote: > > > >> Does anyone think that an increase in XC fees will result in better > >> grooming by the county? I don't think so not unless they change their > >> grooming policy which dictates that tracks, when set, are to be set to > >> the side of the trail regardless of trail width. > > > > > > ...but not so close to the side that our poles end up getting > > tangled in the brush! Some parts of Elver Park have had a > > problem with this in the past -- then again, it shouldn't be > > if we do a good job on trail cleanup days (which is this > > Saturday morning at Elver, by the way). > > > > I, for one, have no problem paying a fee for grooming, > > as long as a good-faith effort is made to groom. > > > > -- > > Scott Bachmeier University of Wisconsin - Madison / SSEC / CIMSS > > mailto:scottb@;ssec.wisc.edu | http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://www.MadNorSki.org/ > > XC mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc > > > > . > > > > > -- > Joseph King > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > bombay: www.BombayBicycle.org > madnorski: www.MadNorSki.org > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.MadNorSki.org/ > XC mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.MadNorSki.org/ > XC mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc > _______________________________________________ http://www.MadNorSki.org/ XC mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc
