[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 69, Issue 11

[Zorglub]

Brick,

You should know better.  The odd/even day is not mandatory, and therefore, that section of the TRT is legally open to bikes every day.  Most of the remaining TRT is actually closed to bikes, so encounters should not be much of a problem.

Brick is a little upset because some cyclists made fun of his hiking attire on the TRT. :)



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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:08:18 -0700
From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] TRT Hike
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I did the trip last August. I didn't find it particularly crowded away
from the trail heads. Contact was sparse enough that I welcomed it
when I encountered it.

That being said, the closer you get to trail heads, the more people
you see, and there are a lot of road crossings. I ran into into lots
of folks in 64 Acre park, at Echo Lake, Tahoe Meadows, and in the Mt
Rose area. Otherwise it was pretty chill. You can see some pix, if you
have a  FB account at http://goo.gl/eV5n8T

The only real issues I had were all the bikes on a "closed day" on the
Tahoe Meadows to Tunnel Creek Rd section, probably because I was
hiking it in the morning.... And I was annoyed because the trail was
clearly labeled as "closed to Mountain Bikes" on that day.