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Re: [RC] [RC] Racing - heidiAt a ride last year (different Forest) we were told that we could not reserve an area of the camp ground - first come first serve for every one - and had to share all the trails with the day riders and other campers. The RM was given no management authority over anyone but the endurance riders. I suspect that is the management plan for all forest and probably even forest service regulations. No, those are NOT standard USFS regulations. It may be the policy of your individual supervisor, but it sure isn't how things go most other places. And I'd be leery to put on a ride under those circumstances. We don't have exclusive use over the trails--but we DARN sure have exclusive use of the camping area, and often have to show plans for traffic control. I stated in an earlier post that we can't close down public access roads--but actually, when we put on the Pan-Am, we were required to have a cut-off time and close down the access to VC1 after that time, until all the horses had cleared a section of trail that was common with the incoming road. And we had a traffic control person there to enforce that road closure. In a couple of other high-traffic areas where we had the trail crossing a public access road, we had warning signs up and actually had a sheriff's deputy there at the one a few miles from the start, who stopped all traffic any time riders were approaching the road. Heidi ============================================================ REAL endurance is sleeping in the tack compartment of your trailer w/the door open, and your horse snorts/snots on your forehead every 30 min! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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