To the editor: I really like the form of defiance proven by the individuals mountaineering the paths closed on Mt. Baldy after the Bridge fireplace. Because the saying goes, you possibly can’t repair silly. (“The feds closed Mt. Baldy to hiking until December 2025. Rebellion is brewing,” Dec. 18)
I assist construct trails. I assist shut trails that want time for nature to restore them. I reroute trails to make them extra accessible. I’m educated in path psychology.
There are various causes trails get closed, erosion being essentially the most harmful. If these courageous hikers proceed to stroll a closed path, they’re simply dooming their very own stroll.
To these hikers, I say: Let nature take again the paths. It would make your stroll extra fulfilling. In the event you can’t hold your self off these closed mountaineering trails, volunteer and discover ways to work on them. I’m positive you could find a path crew that wants assist.
Then you possibly can stroll the paths and perceive what harm you’ve been doing. And you may restore them.
Tim Ashford, Lomita
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To the editor: I used to be disenchanted that this text on a legitimate topic for dialogue leaves one with the impression that nobody is allowed to hike within the Mt. Baldy space.
The Mt. Baldy “notch” and the grime highway that results in it aren’t within the “coronary heart” of the closure space; they’re on the jap edge, simply exterior it.
The article quotes a resident of Mt. Baldy Village complaining she can not go for a hike with out clarifying that the complete east aspect of the Baldy canyon is open, together with the Three Ts path, Icehouse Canyon and Stoddard Canyon.
We are able to focus on whether or not the path closures to the Mt. Baldy peak and the variance for the ski slopes are justified with out leaving readers with the impression that the entire space is closed when it isn’t.
Brent Jacobson, Chino Hills
