I hate to say it, but alot of the new damage I saw this weekend on the trail appears to be from quads on the trail.:mad3: I am pro ATV all the way (I own four of them), but it really makes me mad when I see guys using bypasses that are only accessable to quads and ripping up them at wide open.
The worst bad spot I saw was at the bottom of Cadillac where it makes the switchback to the right coming from the Springs. There is a steep bypass that is down to the silty dirt. We had an TAV pass us before this spot then rip up the bypass in front of us. We looked around for a good way to block it off, but we had limited tools to work with. Maybe some FS signs to put at each end would help a little bit?
Also had a group near our camp (the dirty dozen spot at the Springs). On Sat night, it appeared that the adults in the group left and there were only two kids and maybe a young adult around. After the 3 trips INTO the river to fetch water with the ATV's, the young kid comes down to the river and proceeds to ride back and forth through it four times until his engine loads up and almost quits. Mind you he has no helmet on at this point. When he does get it running again, he runs up towards their camp and spins a few donuts before giving it up for the night. We did take some pics of tow rigs at Homewood, but we can't be sure of who they actually belonged to.
We all need to work together, but these guys seem to be on their own agenda. Even the rental guys seem to have no regard for anyone but their group. They cut our group in half while they were heading away from the river at the Springs. There were only three rigs in our group and they just couldn't wait to get in between us!:shaking: I just don't get what the big rush is?
Rant off!
Doug
The worst bad spot I saw was at the bottom of Cadillac where it makes the switchback to the right coming from the Springs. There is a steep bypass that is down to the silty dirt. We had an TAV pass us before this spot then rip up the bypass in front of us. We looked around for a good way to block it off, but we had limited tools to work with. Maybe some FS signs to put at each end would help a little bit?
Also had a group near our camp (the dirty dozen spot at the Springs). On Sat night, it appeared that the adults in the group left and there were only two kids and maybe a young adult around. After the 3 trips INTO the river to fetch water with the ATV's, the young kid comes down to the river and proceeds to ride back and forth through it four times until his engine loads up and almost quits. Mind you he has no helmet on at this point. When he does get it running again, he runs up towards their camp and spins a few donuts before giving it up for the night. We did take some pics of tow rigs at Homewood, but we can't be sure of who they actually belonged to.
We all need to work together, but these guys seem to be on their own agenda. Even the rental guys seem to have no regard for anyone but their group. They cut our group in half while they were heading away from the river at the Springs. There were only three rigs in our group and they just couldn't wait to get in between us!:shaking: I just don't get what the big rush is?
Rant off!
Doug