Hiking News - October 2006

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Volunteers Finish Mount Si Trail Renovation

Tuesday, 31 October 2006

Renovation at Mount Si trail, the most popular trail in the Washington state, was finally completed last weekend.

Volunteers helped in fixing eroded trail beds and muddied switchbacks, contributing a to tal of 13,000 hours of work and making the renovation cost to $100,000. Volunteers also expanded the trail to accommodate two-way traffic in select areas. The volunteer work was organized by the state Department of Natural Resources and the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust.

The Mount Si trail was established in 1973 by the Mountaineers and was last renovated in 1990. It is located 30 miles east of Seattle, and offers a view of the Seattle area and the Puget Sound at an elevation of 3,500 feet. About 200,000 hikers visit the trail annually.

Read more about this news story at www.theolympian.com.

Day-Use Fee Will Be Charged at Medicine Bow Trail

Friday, 27 October 2006

A $5-dollar fee per vehicle would be required from Medicine Bow-Rail Trail users starting summer next year.

The fee would apply to existing and newly constructed trailheads namely Pelton Creek, Vienna, Woods Creek, Lincoln Gulch, Lake Owen, Albany, Tick, and Mountain Home. As stated from a Federal Register notice, the fees would be used for the operation and maintenance of the trail and its surrounding areas. The 23-mile trail which is still under construction, offers parking areas, picnic facilities, and public toilets for hikers and bikers alike.

However, Erik Molvar of the Biodiversity Conservation said that the access fees would be restrictive for people with lower incomes.

Read more about this news story at www.casperstartribune.net.

Trail Building Links Lake Baikal and Tahoe Lake

Wednesday, 25 October 2006

Russia - Trail building around Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest lake in the world, was initiated by famous writers who walked around it.

Work began in 2003 and three years later, the Great Baikal Trail offers a picturesque view of the lake, making others say that it is similar to the Tahoe Rim Trail in Lake Tahoe. Indeed, there is a connection between the two trails since there have been exchanges between the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and the Great Baikal Trail Association through the Tahoe Baikal Institute.

Volunteers around the world travel to Siberia to help in trail building. Twenty to 30 crews work at the trail two weeks at a time. About 227 miles of trail were already finished but still there are about a thousand miles more to build.

Natalia Luzhkova, the international volunteer coordinator, said that both lakes are beautiful and pure. “We should learn about Tahoe because it was developed from the beginning and now they want to preserve it. We should learn from those mistakes,” she added.

Read more about this news story at www.sierrasun.com.

Martin County Agencies Unite to Build Trail System

Wednesday, 25 October 2006

Fred Davis, land stewardship director of the South Florida Water Management District, and Chuck Barrowclough, Martin County's lands administrator, had both dreamt of a trail network for hiking, biking, and horsebac k riding at Martin County. With the help of the agencies they are working for, their dream is slowly becoming a reality.

Last Tuesday, commissioners approved an agreement between the Martin county and the South Florida Water Management District to build a trail system. "You could literally walk from Halpatiokee through Atlantic Ridge down to Jonathan Dickinson out to Dupuis and out to the lake," Barrowclough explained. The trail system could also be connected to the hiking trails in the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management area in northern Palm Beach Country.

Barrowclough has said that he does not know how long or how many miles it would take to build the trails system. According to Davis, both agencies will gradually buy more land and construct trails and public parking lots. They are required to prepare an annual work plan and budget by March next year.

Read more about this news story at www.palmbeachpost.com.

Homeowners Agree To Allow Access to El Prieto Road

Tuesday, 24 October 2006

The El Prieto Fire Road which links the Meadows area of Altadena and other trails in the Angeles National Forest has been the source of dispute between some Altadena homeowners and persistent hikers.

Fi nally, homeowners John and Melody Mitchell, Jerome and Verna Cooper, and Wayne and Mary Traylor who were against the public access to the road have finally agreed to stop harassing hikers late last week. "They were getting in front of people, yelling at people, taking photographs of people, calling the sheriffs," prosecutor Paul Ayers explained. Raymond Backes, one of those hikers who were unduly confronted by the homeowners, asserts that all are legally entitled to use the El Prieto Fire Road.

But since the homeowners have violated a 2004 ruling that allows hikers access to the road, they are facing contempt of court hearing which they have appealed. The homeowners, moreover, have to follow certain conditions like prohibition from speaking with those related in the trail easement, putting of barriers on the trail, among others. In return, the homeowners asked trail users to pick up after their dogs and bring their trash with them. "People should recognize they have a responsibility to minimize their impact as trail users," Ayers said.

Read more about this news story at www.pasadenastarnews.com.

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