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.
-Joseph Eisenberg On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 10:02 AM stevea <[email protected]> wrote: > brad <[email protected]> wrote > > I think I've seen old usgs topo maps, or perhaps FS maps with trails > labeled as pack trails. Not quite sure what it means, probably nothing > anymore. Perhaps the OSM person just used the info from the old map. > > A "pack trail" is suitable for pack animals, such as donkeys or horses for > carrying "in" supplies, building materials or hauling "out" garbage, ore > waste or the like. It is more substantial than a "single-track" trail for > a bipedal human, but may or may not be suitable for an off-road vehicle > like an off-road motorcycle, all-terrain-vehicle / four-runner or other > high-clearance, two-axle vehicle. It is a common phrase seen on maps of > the 19th and 20th centuries, but has fallen somewhat out of favor, though > is still seen and used. > > SteveA > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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