2022-08-17, 07:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 2022-08-17, 07:40 AM by Beardilocks.)
I wasn't making any claims per se. Over the past 5yrs or so I have had conversations with Rangers in the park where they suggested that some roads would not be repaired if they were damaged, Trail canyon being specifically named. No evidence, just hearsay and scuttlebutt.
I have driven *nearly* every unpaved road in the park. Exceptions include a few of the more challenging passes that my old truck wasn't up to at the time (Dedeckera, Lippincott, Mengel, Lee Narrows, but I hiked/biked most of them), parts of the NV triangle, a few of the smaller trails in the Nelson Range. Oh and I've done some but not all of the canyons on the West slope of the Panamints.
I wasn't suggesting arbitrary closures, but more catastrophic damage from the flood and an unwillingness to repair.
I have driven *nearly* every unpaved road in the park. Exceptions include a few of the more challenging passes that my old truck wasn't up to at the time (Dedeckera, Lippincott, Mengel, Lee Narrows, but I hiked/biked most of them), parts of the NV triangle, a few of the smaller trails in the Nelson Range. Oh and I've done some but not all of the canyons on the West slope of the Panamints.
I wasn't suggesting arbitrary closures, but more catastrophic damage from the flood and an unwillingness to repair.
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