2022-10-03, 06:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 2022-10-03, 07:03 PM by John Morrow.)
One thing I can think of regarding "hard " (4x4/HC) road closures such as Echo, for example. This could be a nice opportunity to hike in for an overnight when otherwise visited by folks in appropriate vehicles. (I have enjoyed complete solitude and wildness in Horse Canyon of the Needles Canyonlands twice when the road was closed to vehicles due to flooding.)
Also, if limited access remains, it opens up the opportunity to maybe hike some of the hikes from pavement that I didn't think would be as "grand" as other hikes I sought to do: Indian Canyon, Grey Wall, S. Lamoille f/Emigrant RS, etc.
When I say "hard" I mean determined by the Park to be officially closed by regulation and not simply washed out, requiring volunteer jeeper maintenance. Since some of the bajadas have likely "rearranged" and obliterated some 4x4 road bed segments, will the NPS opt to not allow a new road to be punched in, I wonder? One could say that vehicles would be travelling "crosscountry" if no old road bed is discernable and thus not legal travel.
Also, if limited access remains, it opens up the opportunity to maybe hike some of the hikes from pavement that I didn't think would be as "grand" as other hikes I sought to do: Indian Canyon, Grey Wall, S. Lamoille f/Emigrant RS, etc.
When I say "hard" I mean determined by the Park to be officially closed by regulation and not simply washed out, requiring volunteer jeeper maintenance. Since some of the bajadas have likely "rearranged" and obliterated some 4x4 road bed segments, will the NPS opt to not allow a new road to be punched in, I wonder? One could say that vehicles would be travelling "crosscountry" if no old road bed is discernable and thus not legal travel.