[pct-l] RE.Trail Maintenance

[Piroska Balogh]

I have just returned from hiking through the old Glacier Peak trail  
and found some trail maintenance happening. One small bridge was  
repaired and another bigger bridge was in the process of being built.  
(I can't remember which stream it was). What I noticed was that there  
are many sections of trail, mostly in steep terrain, that have long,  
deep, lengthwise cracks; I think its called slumping in geology. The  
downhill side of these cracks is loose and my guess is that its only  
a matter of time until these sections of trail slide. The obvious  
problems are the trail overgrowth and lack of bridges but I think  
this risk of serious trail erosion, which isn't as obvious, if not  
addressed soon, will result in the loss of significant sections of  
trail bed making it even more expensive or maybe even impossible to  
repair this section.

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On Aug 30, 2007, at 1:18 PM, barney rubble wrote:

> It seems to me that just as many people are hiking the old route  
> around Glacier Peak, and far more people would rather hike this  
> route, and even more important than this, the old route needs more  
> work. Also take it in to consideration we are now excepting the  
> reroute, as the PCT. I say to try to pressure the PCTA in to  
> helping us save one of the best stretches of trail on its entire  
> length.Ask any person who has hiked both stretches, which side of  
> Glacier Peak they prefer, and you will get the same answer, the  
> west side of coarse. I myself feel sorry for all the hikers who  
> missed this stretch. I have heard from others, the forest service,  
> is only preventing future expenses by not fixing or maintaining the  
> original route. Eventually the detour will become the PCT. The PCTA  
> knows this. When the bridges first were washed out the PCTA acted  
> like they were going to work on it. I have been through the section  
> 3 times since, and nobody has lifted a finger. So lets do not ask  
> for det
>  our maintenance, lets fix the PCT. If I am wrong about the facts,  
> I would appreciate the truth and the peoples names who stand behind  
> this. I have only heard this from others so I appologize if I am  
> wrong. The main thing is we should get to the bottom of this. It is  
> important.
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