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It's only open June 1 - November 1. No biggie for me as my Grizzlies are usually snowbound until at least June 1st, but you guys can ride earlier than me in the spring.
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Before you write your appeal, be sure to read this from the FEIS:Ken wrote:We have to appeal the Washington road...this will wipe out the summer economy of Washington!! HUNDREDS of atv and UTV riders camp at the grounds, stay at the hotel...eat there. Think about our group?? Well over $100 in 1 day....multiply that by many groups during the summer.
Then read: California Vehicle Code Section 38026 Designating Highways Combined UseThe California Vehicle Code (CVC). The CVC regulates the use of motor vehicles in California, including motor vehicles used on the national forests. The CVC sets safety standards for motor vehicles and vehicle operators. It defines the safety equipment needed for highway-legal and non-highway-legal vehicles. It also defines the roads and trails where non-highway-legal motor vehicles may be operated…
NFTS roads are each maintained in one of three categories: Maintenance Level 1 roads closed to motor vehicles in long term storage (closed roads), Maintenance Level 2 roads maintained for high-clearance vehicles only (high clearance roads), and Maintenance Level 3 to 5 roads maintained for standard four-wheel passenger cars (passenger car roads). Those roads maintained for standard passenger cars are subject to the Highway Safety Act and are considered by the Forest Service to be highways for purposes of the California Vehicle Code (CVC)…
Yes! Document it while we still can.Ken wrote:What I want to do before the snow...is film the switchback trail...to document it. Sad.
What's interesting about that one is that yes, it's big and smooth down below, but the upper part gets a little sporty for cars.GrizzlyGuy wrote:FS 21 going to Washington is 10.03 miles long with high/high risk ratings, per their Appendix J (in the SDEIS Appendices folder if you got a disk in the mail). I don't know what the maintenance level is on it, but I imagine it is a big smooth road that is at least level 3.
I'm in!Ken wrote:What I want to do before the snow...is film the switchback trail...to document it. Sad.
Good info. I'm up to 107 pages on my appeal, more to go, so I'll skip Switchback Trail. Most of the pages are map segments and photos of various trails that they should have designated but didn't. Here is my favorite part so far, talking about some big, gigantic, recently improved roads that they somehow left out:Ken wrote:Ok.
I talked to Dave at TNF...at least he gave me the scoop...and he was really nice.
1) Switchback trail was removed because it was just too steep. By routing it, it would have put them on the line for trying to maintain something that's pretty much unmaintainable.
2) In return for dropping Switchback...they reduced the level for Rattlesnake to allow OHV...which really made Sierra Industries upset.... as I told Dave...if Everyone is upset about something, they probably did a pretty good.
3) Washington was always NO OHV, this just enforces it. The reason is, too narrow and too many blind corners for OHV and regular traffic.
These routes are important as they provide the only legal means for non-street-legal OHVs to connect from the Prosser Hill OHV area, across the Forest Service’s bridge on Prosser Creek, and on into the Sagehen Hills area. Without these routes, the Forest Service’s bridge will become ‘a bridge to nowhere’. Note that this route is also part of the winter snowmobile route that runs north from Prosser Hills OHV staging area.
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