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Jaemzbaxter t1_iug4xt3 wrote

Reply to comment by Studious_Noodle in Cool parents carrying their kid off trail and out onto Sul Duc Falls at Olympic by insom187

I didn’t realize until i took a class how terribly disruptive and destructive going off trail or making shortcuts is to topsoil and erosion. It’s crazy. They rate trails based on steps taken on it and so many thousand steps equals a certain amount of erosion which has to be maintained. You know this. But it was kind of an epiphany moment for me. I’m a big fan of staying on the trail now that i realize how destructive short cuts are or anything trod enough to make a trail.

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lyla_ray t1_iugutn9 wrote

Would love to take a class like this, where can I find this or what can I search to find something similar?

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ered_lithui t1_iugxs7c wrote

Not quite the same, but you can get lots of hands-on experience with this by volunteering with WTA and doing trail building and maintenance! You’ll learn so much and never look at a hiking trail the same way again.

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Jaemzbaxter t1_iuhvkps wrote

It was in a geology class, actually! But like the next commenter said, getting involved with trail maintenance would be perfect to learn that sorta stuff.

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TX2PNW t1_iuis26l wrote

That’s really interesting. I never knew that thank you!

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