Stampede Road - after the Feb trip

[dman357]

This is the guy that owns the lodge right at the end of the Stampede road before it turns to "trail". He's the one that was on the snow machine that we talked with and he "urged" us to not tear up the trail.

Now, Here's where our definitions of tear up the trail differ between user groups.
He runs dog sled teams down the trail and out into the park as the only licensed consessionaire. I can see why he would be ticked if the trail was all jacked up. His dogs feet and his equipment would get torn up running on naked ground. The only place that we would "tear up" the trail would be hills and places where the snow cover is bare. I can definately see his point of not wanting us there.

On the other hand.

He chose to make his business running a public trail. The trail is open to all user groups. It is only now that more people are starting to use the area that problems are arising.
AND, he is on dog sleds. He can get off the trail and run where-ever he pleases. We cannot. We HAVE to and SHOULD stay on the trail. We don't have the option of deviating.

http://www.earthsonglodge.com/

What do you guys think?