[pct-l] USFS response to bicycle prohibition on the PCT - 11.25.13

[Deems]

"The primary uses for the PCT were determined by the PCT Comprehensive 
Management Plan (CMP) and are also found in 36 C.F.R. § 212.21,
which states that the PCT is to be used "primarily as a footpath and 
horseback riding trail. Our research documents a legislative and 
administrative intent that only hiking and equestrian use were to be 
permitted on the PCT.  There is no evidence that bicycle use has ever been 
allowed on the PCT."
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finally a forest service bureaucrat made a decision after years of pointless 
debate about bikes on the PCT...duh! The PCT was legislated by Congress as a 
foot path in 1968!   It's the law.  I commend his stance, and I expect him 
to support it by enforcement.  Now, we'll just have to see how Randy 
enforces his words with action!  When appropriate, remind any and all bikers 
on the PCT that they are breaking the law, and have no right to ride the 
PCT!