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Re: [RC] re: AHA championship trail - Elizabeth WalkerI've never seen the area, never been on the trail, so that must qualify me to voice an opinion - right? :)Anyhow - I think it depends on the type of trail that was there to begin with, and whether the changes preserved the character of the area or not. There are some trails in my local forest that just got recently bulldozed, and everybody was happy - they were existing fire roads or wide trails, and they needed some maintenance. There are some I *wish* they would get around to bulldozing - 10, 15 years ago they were wide, fairly smooth access roads for fire equipment. Now, they are rocky and overgrown - almost single-track in spots. They used to be fun to canter on, now you have to drop to a walk in some areas, and cantering is totally out. The fire vehicles can't use them, either, without having to clear them. The middle of a fire is no time to be doing that. On Oct 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Cindy Collins wrote: Yes, well, so is the Beartooth highway and the Highway 14 up Shell Canyon, but I don't want to ride an endurance ride on them, either. Sounds to me like someone willfully destroyed a wonderful, single track trail just so an elite group of riders could gallop. I realize I don't know the whole story, but just the thought of someone "bulldozing" a trail so you can gallop is very sad to me. Cindy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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