Originally Posted by
Angio Graham
Thanks for the link. I read the list of prohibited things and I didnt see mountain biking on it.
However, that link dealt with BLM land I was thinking more of National Forest land and more specifically the areas in Montana like the Gallatin NF where the feds recently banned mtb on over 150 miles of trails that were previously open to riding.
Around here, our trails are volunteer built and volunteer maintained. The USFS does little to nothing to maintain them. Many of our trails travel through sensitive habitat that gets torn up quite a bit just by hikers. I have no idea how your trails are in MT, but mountain bikes are banned from certain trails for a reason. I would imagine that MT has a lot of fragile alpine environments that could be easily damaged by mountain bikes.
I'm a hiker first and a cyclist second. I like riding my bike, but few things bother me more than going on a hike in the woods and nearly getting hit by a MTBer bombing down a trail.