What bugs me is the INSISTENCE that mtb does all the damage. research has shown hiking vs biking neither one does more damage than the other. however it is sooo easy to say mtb is responsible when that is the primary activity of an area. well duh! if there were more hikers, than hiking would cause more damage. Not to mention i know riders that will gently ride though a puddle on the trail, where the hikers walk around it, widening the trail.

Irulan, i do agree with you, there are several mtb who take cheater lines through areas, and skid an destroy the trail on their own. will they ever learn?