Changeset: 40882029
Tagging the Mountains-to-Sea Trail from NC-16 to Bluff Mountain Overlook. The trail alignment need to be checked with GPS tracks. Also corrected Ranger Office Road.
Closed by MST Hiker
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Discussion
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Comment from jumbanho
Hi, Thanks for adding these to the MST relation. I added the trails based on Strava heatmap from this site: http://labs.strava.com/routing-errors/#250/16/-81.60945/36.17421. Most of the trails had several gps traces, so I think they are relatively accurate. Obviously, they could be double/triple checked.
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Comment from MST Hiker
Hi Jumbanho. Thanks for adding the trails to the map. I'm not familiar with Strava heatmap or how it works, but I am very familiar with the area the link leads to. I spent several days helping with the construction of the trail near Goshen Branch, so I can verify the trail does not join the parkway as depicted. The MST follows Goshen Branch to Day's Creek, then passes underneath a parkway viaduct before joining Bambo Road. This is just an example of one error I've seen between Moses Cone and Stone Mountain. Most of the trail doesn't look bad, but I noticed multiple places where the routing is inaccurate. There are references on the FMST website which can help verify routing (though these works are brand new and not yet free of error). http://www.ncmst.org/the-trail/trailguide/ http://www.ncmst.org/the-trail/interactive-map/
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Comment from jumbanho
I'm glad you're actually on the ground mapping! I have less time than I want to hike and have been trying to assemble most of the MST via various sources, with some hope of doing a big hike sometime in the future.
Strava is an app for recording running/bicycling and they produce a map of gps points from people using the apps. It is very handy for aligning trails that are popular among users of the app. Some parts of the MST are pretty well trod, while this section is fairly spotty.
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