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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Bryce,<br>
There is already a documented scheme for snowshoeing:<br>
piste:type=hike + piste:grooming=backcountry (250 use)<br>
With piste:type=hike + piste:grooming=classic being for 'winter
hiking' (111 use).<br>
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Yves<br>
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On 01/13/2014 08:02 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Tod
Fitch <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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the areas I cross country ski at in the California
mountains many trails are used by both nordic skiers and
snowshoers. Since I am ski centric I've tended to tag them
as piste:type=nordic. Could one simply tag them as
piste:type=nordic;snowshoe? A bit ugly and the difficulty
is an issue as the skill level required for snowshoeing a
trail can be quite different from skiing it.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">This is a case where one type of use
degrades the other.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">'nordic;snowshoe' says both uses are
allowed. But a nordic skier may in fact seek out that more
rare breed 'nordic; showshow-prohibited', just as an
equestrian may seek out fire roads on which mountain bikes are
prohibited. Who wants to glide ski in someone else's snowshoe
tracks?</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Thus, I think that marking a snow trail
by intended use may be the wrong approach.</div>
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<li>It's a marked route where the markings are visible about
the snow line (e.g. on trees or poles). Map that
characteristic. This is the key physicall mappable
quality of a snow trail.<br>
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<li>It may have access restrictions (e.g. no snowmobiles).
Map that.<br>
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<li>It may have a certain width or slope. Map that.</li>
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<div class="gmail_extra">But listing all the types of devices
that may be used on the snow, or rating the difficulty?</div>
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That seems too fragile and too prone to interpretation and
change over time. Are sleds allowed?</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Snow bikes? The yet-to-be-invented
rolling insulated snow bubble?</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Map what's there -- the snow route
markings -- and perhaps let the use conventions be documented
elsewhere.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Note that many snow routes follow a
summer route or road exactly. But on occasion the snow
markings deviate, perhaps taking a shortcut, or smoothing out
a slope, compared to the summer route. Both cases should be
considered.</div>
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