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One of the reasons it is better if walkers step off the trail bed  so horses
can safely get by is because they do not damage the edge of constructed hill
side trails.
Even one horse can cause the outside berm, or the upperside slope, to shift.
Several horses, or a pack string, can do great damage.  Hill side trails are
often hard to maintain without any additional problems.

As an aside,  the most unpleasant experience I've had on a trail was some
years ago in the Sun Valley area.
A narrow hillside trail, two hikers who would not even acknowledge the
presence of a rider behind them.   Would not turn around, or even speak when
spoken to,
politely, and often.  (Everyone who knows me will say I'm usually
olite{;>)  )
It was great temptation not to blast by on the hillside below the trail, but
it would have cut up the ground and made it hard to hold the trail bed.
Also thought about just making horse tracks on the back packs.  Since it was
only a little more than a quarter mile to the top and an open area I let the
horse walk, impatiently, behind them.  Didn't even let her get close enough
to blow down collars, should have.   And I didn't say thank you when I left
either.


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