Surely there aren’t enough people walking them constantly to mash the grass to death, is there some kind of membrane placed under the dirt to stop grass growth?

Here is a pic of worn path from walking on, rough edges, clearly not intentional.

Will post pic after walking the dog of the trail that I’m speccifically curious about.

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    6 days ago

    laughs in New England accent

    Absolutely not.

    “Rock before root and root before dirt - and never touch the mud if you can help it.”

    Literally hiking 101 out here. What we teach the children for trail preservation.

    Is also why ~5 miles in ADK, the greens, or the whites, is like ~10 miles anywhere else. But yeah… No. Traffic definitely does not keep a trail in shape.

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      7 days ago

      Can you please elaborate? What is that children’s rhyme meant to teach? What are green and white ADKs?

      Google was not very helpful.