[NMCycling] Oso & Tree Spring Vandalism - REWARD

[Marc Basiliere via Bike-racers]

Carolyn,

The Bill Spring work is impressive- I don't make it down that way much 
with the loss of Canoncito access, but it looks good and hopefully we 
get access via Mud Spring before long.

It could be hikers- but the changes really feel like Strava lines to me- 
little climbing challenges have been removed and several rock gardens 
simplified.  I forwarded this to the Cibola Trail Rangers e-mail list as 
well and no one seems to think it's hikers.

Oh, and someone from the mtbr.com New Mexico forum has added $100 to the 
pot.



------ Original Message ------
From: "Carolyn Donnelly" <seadee43 at yahoo.com>
To: "bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com" <bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com>; "Marc 
Basiliere" <marc at bikefix.net>; "FooMTB-Group" <foomtb at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Eli Torgeson" <etorgeson at salud.unm.edu>; "Peter Doane" 
<peedeedoane at hotmail.com>
Sent: 6/25/2017 3:57:17 PM
Subject: Re: [NMCycling] Oso & Tree Spring Vandalism - REWARD

>I haven't seen the Bill Spring / Oso Corridor work, but Faulty in the 
>Cienega and Canoncito area is a complete reroute.  My guess is USFS got 
>some money and was able to do the work via a contractor or maybe a YCC 
>crew.
>
>What Marc describes sounds different. As a more frequent hiker than 
>cyclist these days, I've seen a lot of ad hoc trail work, and often 
>these people don't seem to understand how water works and are creating 
>preferential flow paths that will speed up, not slow down, erosion. 
>Anyway,  Marc, unless you're talking about really big boulders it seems 
>like it could also be a hiker.
>
>So if anyone out there is doing or knows someone who is doing ad hoc 
>trail maintenance, please encourage them to stop, and suggest that they 
>join one of the groups like Volunteers for the Outdoors who does the 
>work correctly and has a plan for areas needing work.
>
>Carolyn
>
>
>
>>On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 3:36 PM, andrew.black via Bike-racers
>><bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>>I would suspect USFS. South Faulty has also been cleaned extensively 
>>and officially rerouted in a few places.  Yes, I found myself moving 
>>much faster in some sections. Not for Strava; for fun.
>>
>>
>>Maybe USFS has started to more actively maintain Sandia trails so that 
>>they appeal to a wider user group. If so, its having its intended 
>>effect:  we saw 10 equestrians on the Faulty/ Armijo loop last weekend 
>>and 15 hikers on the Bill Springs lead-in to the Oso/Faulty 
>>intersection.
>>
>>Maybe North Faulty is still wild.
>>
>>Andrew
>>
>>-------- Original message --------
>>From: Marc Basiliere via Bike-racers <bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com>
>>Date: 6/25/17 2:39 PM (GMT-07:00)
>>To: bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com, FooMTB-Group 
>><foomtb at yahoogroups.com>
>>Subject: [NMCycling] Oso & Tree Spring Vandalism - REWARD
>>
>>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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