[Talk-us] Reference numbers to use for hiking trail route relations

[stevea]

On Oct 15, 2020, at 12:06 PM, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Many of the old "pack trail" labeled features near my home-town are now overgrown and barely usable. I would be skeptical about the utility of this tag - mappers will need to survey the trail in person before suggesting that it is currently suitable for horse, mules or other pack animals.

Right:  many "trails" labelled "Pack Trail" are either from a long time ago and/or mapped a long time ago.  I would be wary of the utility of this label on many maps, but that can be said of many labels on many maps, especially when they are older or specify an "older" aspect of a map label such as "Pack Trail."  This has an old-fashioned sense about it, as while pack animals on trails are certainly still used, it's safe to say far, far less than they were in the 20th (and 19th and previous) centuries.

SteveA