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February 1996. At the top of the chutes on the
west face of this mountain, go up and right (south)
to find this convenient use trail. It proceeds for a
few hundred feet, past the vertical cliffs, to the
class 3 summit rocks. Anybody have a word how
this was created here?
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[ Post a Comment ]| 1000Pks | Use Trails | | 
Hasn't voted | Most everyone knows that use trails are created from the masses of hikers using the route. There being purportedly helpful and willing workers, some may have taken it upon themselves to actually do pick and shovel trail work for the benefit of the general public or the climbing world.
While many managers of the land areas may once have not cared much, or even encouraged people to do whatever work at their own risk, nowdays, there is the possibility that such impacts, on what is now designated wilderness, will be removed. I hear that it costs the government some $500/day per ranger to undo what some questionably good hearted soul has thought to do to help other hikers. Employment of a work crew might run thousands to remove such trails, not counting potential worksite injury and compensation for such.
There are hiker and enviro groups who once secured many a volunteer to do such work, which is still done by individuals making minor improvements each time they go up the trail or mountain. Be advised that some land managers consider such illegal trails, and will spend taxpayers money to restore the area. This may not take much besides some outraged citizens writing a few letters or protest by extreme zealots agitated to such by whatever persons, acting, say, in the spirit to remove summit registers.
For all I know, animals could have created the trails, or perhaps ancient man did such. As science is sometimes overriden by politics with such issues, potential climbers may wish to use this hiking convenience sometime soon, as it is now perhaps subject to widespread knowledge, and then, maybe in years to come, BLM (?) wilderness action. | | Posted Apr 12, 2005 3:49 am |
 | | 1000Pks | Re: Use Trails | |
Hasn't voted | While I never saw or heard of any such thing as a mine, up there, there appears to be some black rock in this photo. Maybe it is obsidian? That would make it of significance to ancient man--the dark glass makes a fine tool as arrowheads or knives. Are there any climbing grad students or other researchers who would know about this? | | Posted Apr 12, 2005 5:13 am |
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