Originally Posted by Maelstrom
I realize that not everyone is going to be offended. I think a national ranking system would work well.
I think you could do one for xc based trails too. Long extended technical climbs are ranked pretty high here. This has potential (all intrawest sites use ranking systems like this)
Personally, I think its a good idea. Its not hard to define difficulties etc.
Rating vs Ranking ...
I think they would have to be careful about making it into a sort of "ranking".
That is the job of the system is to explain the difficulties involved in the terrain. It says nothing about the ENJOYMENT of the trail. That should be left to third parties ... not IMBA.