tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395323568470040895.post1762187328969640779..comments2023-10-29T10:39:14.295-04:00Comments on gIANt Running: A Gray DayR. Ian Parlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07105935770269826514noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395323568470040895.post-61070309766636590152008-12-27T22:06:00.000-05:002008-12-27T22:06:00.000-05:00Recreational use of the snowmobile and other trail...Recreational use of the snowmobile and other trails on private property is interesting. The snowmobilers do not get annual permission from every landowner along a trail network. Indeed, as land changes ownership, many landowners have never given any kind of formal permission. Essentially, when new owners complain or post their property, the snowmobilers react by moving a trail. Snowmobilers generally exploit the tradition in Maine (all of Northern New England?) that all unposted land is assumed accessible without permission. Maine has a strong Recreational Use Statute that generally protects landowners from this sort of use.<BR/><BR/>Posting a map of a route that crosses private property is complicated. Snowmobile clubs all have maps that they give to members. Some of these clubs now have their maps online. I guess my take is that I will continue to post routes that I've run, especially on sites with limited viewing like my motionbased activities or my blog, unless I get a message from a landowner that they'd like me to take it down. But I'm limiting the maps on my www.falmouthtrails.org site to those trails that are entirely on public open space land.middle.professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02370737843957507859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395323568470040895.post-10755649056803035762008-12-27T21:38:00.000-05:002008-12-27T21:38:00.000-05:00I see someone likes Photoshop.It's hard when the t...I see someone likes Photoshop.<BR/><BR/>It's hard when the thing you love doing most becomes difficult to do. I hope the weather improves, b/c I know how much you like running.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395323568470040895.post-74483127573556871842008-12-27T18:45:00.000-05:002008-12-27T18:45:00.000-05:00Nice picture of the trail. It does look very slopp...Nice picture of the trail. It does look very sloppy. I am glad I did not go as my toe would not have been very happy with all the rough stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com