New SOPA Listing: Presidential Range Dry River Wilderness Area Trails Project

[Tom_Murphy]

The Presi-Dry Wilderness has sections of the Dry River Trail, Rocky Branch Trail and Isolation Trail that were severely damaged and are currently unpassable. These trail sections need to be repaired, relocated or decommissioned. [emphasis added]

http://www.fs.fed.us/sopa/components/reports/sopa-110922-2013-04.pdf

 

[iagreewithjamie]

Do they farm out volunteer opportunities before decommissioning a trail? I'm curious what makes the Forest Service decide a trail is no longer worth maintaining. Like the old Gale River Trail - surely its more work to reroute 2 miles of trail than it is to clear the blow-downs, no?

 

[David Metsky]

Like the old Gale River Trail - surely its more work to reroute 2 miles of trail than it is to clear the blow-downs, no?

It's not a question of blowdowns; parts of those trails are simply gone due to water damage.