Originally Posted by
unterhausen
This has happened to me twice. First time the lines weren't dead, so I went around in the woods. Second time they were dead, so I just walked over them. Someone that was on the same ride and had passed by earlier had fallen because of the wire.
I actually got stopped by a NJ park ranger during a 2018 tour. A tree had fallen down up ahead and taken down a power line along a road in a state forest abutting the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. There was no practical detour. I hung out at a nearby river beach for close to 2 hrs. before the power company finally arrived and shut off the power. The ranger let me pass, but I had to thread my bike with 4 panniers through the limbs and leaves of the downed tree. I will try to remember to post a photo when I get home. The cool thing was that, after I reached my campground, which was only a couple of miles beyond the fallen tree, I saw a bear cub as I was riding back to my campsite from the shower.