Once while out following a main park hiking trail my friends and I came upon a sign telling us the trail up ahead was closed due to trees down. Well we had already walked ten miles and the thought of turning around did not seem like the thing to do, so we took a short cut from point A where we were stopped, to point B, which we figured would help us bypass the maintainance work and keep following the rest of the trail. Well do to the downed trees and rough woodland it took us much longer to reach the trail head, then if we had turned back to go by the way the rangers had suggested.
Have you ever been forced to take a different route in the course of your hiking adventures? Did the route prove to be worth the trip around or was it a waste of time? What would you suggest to another reader on this topic?
Have you ever been forced to take a different route in the course of your hiking adventures? Did the route prove to be worth the trip around or was it a waste of time? What would you suggest to another reader on this topic?