[pct-l] Trails crossling roads, was: Re: Navigation. Which Compass skills are needed?

[Brandon McGinnity]

" So, if you come to a crossing and can't find the other side - look
harder."

Gee thanks :P

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Be aware that sometimes the locations where the PCT crosses a dirt road on
> BOTH
> sides might be camoflagued (not cleared) and therefore hard to find.  This
> is
> deliberate and for a very good reason.  IT IS TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR
> MOUNTAIN
> BIKERS AND DIRT BIKERS TO FIND IT AND ILLEGALLY USE THE PCT. This is
> sometimes
> true of some crossings on Section E in S. California. Once, while doing
> volunteer trail work on that Section by myself I did a great job of
> clearing a
> place like that for about 20' on either side of the trail - only to find
> out
> later the reason why it was left that way.  Wheeled vehicles do a lot of
> damage
> to the PCT creating ruts for water to run down.  This is especially true
> when
> they brake and skid while going down hill.
>
>  So, if you come to a crossing and can't find the other side - look harder.
>
> MendoRider
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
> To: giniajim <jplynch at crosslink.net>; pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 2:30:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trails crossling roads, was: Re: Navigation. Which
> Compass
>  skills are needed?
>
> i can think of 3 or 4 of those in the first few hundred miles alone.
>
> it is one thing i like about larger maps is you can see "of, we get back
> off the
>
> road and on to trail to the east"
>
> of course there's no need to know which way east is in this case,  just
> left or
> right...  come to road,  turn right, go about 100 yards" would be all you'd
> need
>
> to through in the guides.
>
> ~Outpost
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: giniajim <jplynch at crosslink.net>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 9:37:19 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Trails crossling roads, was: Re:  Navigation. Which
> Compass
> skills are needed?
>
> I've never seen this brought up.  I know of at least one instance, there's
> probably many more, where the guidebook section ends at a wide, busy road.
> The
> next section of the guide starts on the other side.  Just standing on the
> side
> of the road and looking across, you cannot tell where the trail starts on
> the
> other side.  Might be something for guide writers to think about.
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
>   To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>   Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 12:28 AM
>   Subject: Re: [pct-l] Navigation. Which Compass skills are needed?
>
>
>   ....... As  in when I cross this dirt road, where's the trail on the
> other
> side?
>
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