[pct-l] RE.Trail Maintenance

[Judson]

Well, nothing's impossible- if we can put men on the moon and dive to the bottom of the seas, surely we have the ability to construct and maintain a trail around a mountain. The cost is what's prohibitive, not the actual physical possibility of a trail existing there. In a perfect world, weekly massages would be part of the national health plan and trail would be overfunded.

Judson
Ashland, which is getting pounded at the moment by a large t-storm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Piroska Balogh" <piros4 at comcast.net>
To: "barney rubble" <pct.barney at hotmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] RE.Trail Maintenance


>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.
> 
> Last Cookie
> 
> 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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