It s an organized race event that will send a slug of 100 or more participants coursing down the trail pretty much en masse. But imagine the impression that event might make on unwitting folks who find themselves in the middle of it after having traveled several hours from home for a quiet hike on this fab hiking trail they ve heard or read about. I know that sounds like a Chicken Little warning question. I think this is a legitimate policy question with substantial ramifications for NCT supporters to consider and settle. Hiking fills that bill of particulars nearly to perfection.
Hiking trails are the facilities needed to enjoy it.
Good hiking trails in relatively undeveloped settings are not exactly plentiful in Michigan. I just happen think that what we do have is well worth protecting from conversion to something else. Thus, my position on the racing thing. But we raise objections to people running in the national forest one day a year-that sounds much less reasonable to me . . It s an organized race event that will send a slug of 100 or more participants coursing down the trail pretty much en masse.