[NMCycling] Oso & Tree Spring Vandalism - REWARD

[Marc Basiliere via Bike-racers]

All,

Could everyone please keep an eye out for whoever it is that's removed 
dozens -if not hundreds- of rocks from Oso Corridor and Tree Spring 
trails since the beginning of this season?   I'm confident that it's not 
USFS work as they've just been leaving holes in the trail.  And there 
are far too many, far too conveniently-placed to be bears looking for 
grubs.  There's been a fresh round of sanitizing within the past two 
weeks, so it's an ongoing issue.

I'm not sure if it's an effort to bring the trails down to their skill 
level or to improve their Strava standings, but either way the time and 
effort that went to degrading the trail while depriving the rest of us 
of long-standing challenges would have probably have been better spent 
on training.  The trails in the Sandias are challenging and technical 
and ought to be appreciated as such.  They're also heavily-traveled by 
hikers and equestrians and we, as the cycling community, do not need to 
see speeds and conflict increase for speed's sake (let alone an unearned 
win in an imaginary race).

Rock removal and corner-cutting is annoying in the Foothills and lame in 
Otero- but really disappointing and unacceptable (to say nothing of 
illegal) in the Sandias.  And it needs to stop.  Seriously- I'm willing 
to give $500 to whoever turns the culprit(s) in to the Sandia Ranger 
District if it results in a fine.  Or maybe, if you know who's at fault, 
you just pull them aside and tell them to cut it out.  Thanks,

Marc
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