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Off Trail Etiquette
Posted: Feb 08 2011 4:28 pm
by kingsnake
Not criticizing anyone, because I am new here, but wondering what the etiquette is for staying only on designated trails versus bushwhacking when bushwhacking is not necessary (e.g., you are lost, or low on water and need to cut a hike short, etc.)? I want to do the right thing, but on the other hand would not mind a bit of exploring.
For instance, last weekend when I was on the Cave Creek - Skunk Tank Loop, I was thinking it might be interesting to go over the saddle south of Hill 4143, then down the spur creek that intersects Cave Creek south of Hill 3402.
Re: Off Trail Etiquette
Posted: Jun 05 2012 8:19 pm
by PatrickL
I agree that littering is a larger issue that should be priority over a shoe print. I don't know... Literal footprints in some situations are probably where I hit the mark of paranoid. Only example I can think of is a bathroom break at the White Tanks one day. The soil was relatively soft and covered in green grass. Stomping through it didn't feel right.
The tent thing is what gets me, though. I see pictures all the time of tents placed in grassy areas/meadows (sometimes above treeline) and it makes me wonder. Though well-intentioned, I am probably ignorant.
Re: Off Trail Etiquette
Posted: Jun 06 2012 12:43 am
by Tough_Boots
Littering is definitely never okay. I have to admit, though, to leaving many footprints and busting my way through a lot of stuff. Bushwacking is bushwacking.
Re: Off Trail Etiquette
Posted: Jun 06 2012 3:42 am
by SuperstitionGuy
Tough_Boots wrote:Littering is definitely never okay. I have to admit, though, to leaving many footprints and busting my way through a lot of stuff. Bushwacking is bushwacking.
Tough_Boots bushwacking does not leave footprints!
BOOT PRINTS, THINK BOOT PRINTS!
Re: Off Trail Etiquette
Posted: Jun 06 2012 9:01 am
by sneakySASQUATCH
@SuperstitionGuy
I leave toe prints.
@Tough_Boots
Does Bronco Canyon Coopers Forks count as a Bushwack?
Re: Off Trail Etiquette
Posted: Jun 06 2012 10:10 am
by Tough_Boots
@bart01
Only if you follow Outlander!
Re: Off Trail Etiquette
Posted: Jun 06 2012 4:25 pm
by imike
SuperstitionGuy wrote:Tough_Boots wrote:Littering is definitely never okay. I have to admit, though, to leaving many footprints and busting my way through a lot of stuff. Bushwacking is bushwacking.
Tough_Boots bushwacking does not leave footprints!
BOOT PRINTS, THINK BOOT PRINTS!
Effective bushwhacking leaves blood! Are we supposed to be wiping all that up!!
Re: Off Trail Etiquette
Posted: Jun 06 2012 4:41 pm
by The_Eagle
imike wrote:Effective bushwhacking leaves blood! Are we supposed to be wiping all that up!!
I sure hope not.
