I wasn't sure where to post this question so hopefully it's in the best spot.
Does anyone else engage in pro-active trail repair and general maintenance?
Down here in the southeast I've noticed some pretty big issues with good trails (different approaches, varying degrees of difficulty, etc) getting shutdown and "repaired" (which results in a very plain dirt road). From what I've seen after running them for years, I've come to the conclusion that it usually is because of people constantly taking all the approaches and removing the varying level of difficulty part.
With all of that out.. I've been working on a model of pro-active model of trail repair and maintenance for trails I run regularly. Like taking just off the perfect line, or taking a terrible route that doesn't cause any harm or prevent us from making it, but it does help fix some portion of the rutting and balance out the abuse.
Does anyone else do this?
Does anyone else engage in pro-active trail repair and general maintenance?
Down here in the southeast I've noticed some pretty big issues with good trails (different approaches, varying degrees of difficulty, etc) getting shutdown and "repaired" (which results in a very plain dirt road). From what I've seen after running them for years, I've come to the conclusion that it usually is because of people constantly taking all the approaches and removing the varying level of difficulty part.
With all of that out.. I've been working on a model of pro-active model of trail repair and maintenance for trails I run regularly. Like taking just off the perfect line, or taking a terrible route that doesn't cause any harm or prevent us from making it, but it does help fix some portion of the rutting and balance out the abuse.
Does anyone else do this?