2023-10-02, 09:22 PM
Nice use of street view, trailhound!! Well done.
Yes, that is not an old trail, it is relatively new. I did not speak with rangers about it as you did but I'm glad they are unhappy with it as it is not at all necessary and trail construction is really a no-no out there. Putting a few essential cairns for navigation purposes I will certainly excuse, as I have often relied on same on my own hikes - but of course a random cairn may not at all mark the route that you think you're on. I recall once getting confused in a slickrock maze in Zion and being really happy to finally find some cairns. Well I followed them, it was fun, and I got to a nice peak, but not the one I started out for
The trails on the north side of 190, in contrast, and not marked and appear to me at least to be much older. One has one of the old CAA road signs and the other is reputedly an indigenous route.
Yes, that is not an old trail, it is relatively new. I did not speak with rangers about it as you did but I'm glad they are unhappy with it as it is not at all necessary and trail construction is really a no-no out there. Putting a few essential cairns for navigation purposes I will certainly excuse, as I have often relied on same on my own hikes - but of course a random cairn may not at all mark the route that you think you're on. I recall once getting confused in a slickrock maze in Zion and being really happy to finally find some cairns. Well I followed them, it was fun, and I got to a nice peak, but not the one I started out for
The trails on the north side of 190, in contrast, and not marked and appear to me at least to be much older. One has one of the old CAA road signs and the other is reputedly an indigenous route.