Fwd: Re: [pct-l] pulling a cart/Pink Motel

[pfreiman at UCSD.Edu (pfreiman@UCSD.Edu)]

The PCT is "cherry-stemmed" wilderness.  No matter if you are in a BLM, state 
park, national park or national forest you are on wilderness as long as you are 
on the PCT.  This is why bikes aren't allowed even tho you may be traveling 
thru BLM land, which normally would have bikes permitted.

That said, I want to thank whomever was responsible for the trail from Mt 
Laguna to Pioneer Mail immediately after the Pines Fire two years ago.  The 
trail was in sad shape, but a "bobcat" machine drove the trail and instantly 
corrected the situation.  Legal, no.  However, it was the smart thing to do.
Capt Bivy


> Much of the JMT is not in wilderness areas. The wheel may not have been in 
> a wilderness area.
> 
> And I know that exceptions are not made for staff: The chain saws and 
> pneumatic drills have to be left behind when doing trail maintenance in 
> wilderness areas. Clearing blow downs with a two man saw (called a "misery 
> whip") or cutting steps out of granite with a sledge hammer, an impact 
> drill and wedges are treats not to be missed.