Re: [RC] Random Trail Surface Observation - Heidi Smith
>The worst offense is considered to be
ridinga horse when a trail is wet and
muddy. The horses' hooves create
thousands of little coffer dams in which water
pools and does not drain. When the trail
surface dries off, it is pockmarked with these
craters and the bike people and the hiker
people raise the dickens about how awful it is
and that horses should be banned
&etc.
Meanwhile, watch mountain bikes and motor bikes
cut a groove right up the middle of the trail. Then watch the trail erode
away right down the "drainage" made by the groove. Viola! No more
trail! Those pock marks that "do not drain" are a GOOD thing--they keep
the trail from draining away, too.
