Berms&Boofs
Well-Known Member
I have been getting questions about the orange dot closure so I am posting the reason here.
The superintendent of trails at MCPC, Amy Lutsko, closed it due to unsanctioned b-lines (technical trail features- TTFs) that went over sensitive areas. Amy put up signs to keep people on the official trail and off the b-lines multiple times but someone kept opening the b-lines back up...so she closed the trail to protect the sensitive plants. She is an amazing MTB advocate and helped design and approve the new orange loop and the purple re-reoute. She is not against technical trail features (as anyone who has ridden the new stuff knows). But she needs to protect the sensitive species in the parks she manages. She wants the MTB community to be involved and work with her for all TTF proposals instead of just building them without asking. It is also important that we respect any closure signs.
If you used the orange dot trail, please email her and let her know that you enjoyed the trail and would like to see it opened again.
Amy’s email: ALutsko@morrisparks.net
There is hope to reopen the trail if enough people speak up and we can get community involvement on this issue.
Thanks!
The superintendent of trails at MCPC, Amy Lutsko, closed it due to unsanctioned b-lines (technical trail features- TTFs) that went over sensitive areas. Amy put up signs to keep people on the official trail and off the b-lines multiple times but someone kept opening the b-lines back up...so she closed the trail to protect the sensitive plants. She is an amazing MTB advocate and helped design and approve the new orange loop and the purple re-reoute. She is not against technical trail features (as anyone who has ridden the new stuff knows). But she needs to protect the sensitive species in the parks she manages. She wants the MTB community to be involved and work with her for all TTF proposals instead of just building them without asking. It is also important that we respect any closure signs.
If you used the orange dot trail, please email her and let her know that you enjoyed the trail and would like to see it opened again.
Amy’s email: ALutsko@morrisparks.net
There is hope to reopen the trail if enough people speak up and we can get community involvement on this issue.
Thanks!