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[ski3pin]

Tony, that is familiar terrain.   And just south of the "Loneliest Golf Course in America." We've never played there and never will.

 

Thirty years ago, especially for right after a storm powder runs on backcountry skis, we had two spots we could assess off of highway 50 near Echo Summit. We lost them both about twenty years ago due to "No Parking". This is due to the sheer number of vehicles now using this roadway and the unfortunate deaths of "snowplay" visitors wandering into the roadway, etc. People just not paying attention. That applies to drivers also.

 

I could add so many other examples of where we can no longer access, but all this impact - and regulatory responses to address it - is a result of our skyrocketing population. This problem will never be solved and I'm glad I will not live long enough to see the inevitable horrific outcome.

 

Complaining about the hordes invading our recreation areas is the least of our worries.

 

Indeed, welcome to the future we deserve.

[AWG_Pics]

Monte

 

I have faith in population growth, and decline, curves so well documented by so many studies. We happen to live at a time when humans are reaching peak population. It is a wonder we have any free, open space at all. It is just the fortunate circumstance of living at the edge of the petri dish where resources are thin, I suppose.

 

I am grateful to be able to access the remote empty places at a time when we have the time, health and means to do so.

 

I look forward to your further wandering adventure stories.

 

Tony

Edited by AWG_Pics, 14 January 2023 - 05:00 PM.

[craig333]

Cramming more people into fewer and fewer places is going to be a disaster. I'd like to see some serious fines and jail time, not a slap on the wrist but enough where people go, hmmm, maybe I shouldn't do that. Might not need as much law enforcement then.

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Cramming more people into fewer and fewer places is going to be a disaster. I'd like to see some serious fines and jail time, not a slap on the wrist but enough where people go, hmmm, maybe I shouldn't do that. Might not need as much law enforcement then.

Who will foot the bill for the incarcerated?

[craig333]

Taxpayers of course. We're going to foot the bill one way or another.