![]() Nemeth called the concern “a nationwide issue.” She said an interagency working group is trying to develop a process that will allow agencies to mark non-system routes differently from official system routes. ![]() The Forest Service currently does not have access to a land manager portal to flag or remove non-system trails from most trails apps. “Many trail apps are a source of concern for land managers because most third-party trail apps use crowd-sourced data collected and submitted by users and volunteers,” Nemeth explained. Hiking into Fish Creek Canyon can provide some beautiful views looking back toward Steamboat Springs, shown in July 2021, but only the Skyline Trail on the north side of Fish Creek is a sanctioned and maintained trail, despite what some crowd-sourced hiking apps may include. Woodbridge acknowledges that some private apps have the upper hand with more user-friendly design and ease of use compared to agency posted information, but the apps are not verified by land managers working on the ground. “If people want accurate data, they need to go to the source.”įorest Service officials ask trail users to search or cross-check trail information directly with the agency that manages the land. Forest Service District Ranger Michael Woodbridge in Steamboat Springs. “People have a misconception about some of these apps and how accurate that data is,” said U.S. ![]() Sixty-six curated trails tagged with Steamboat Springs currently are listed on the crowd-sourced trail app All Trails, but land managers say not all of those routes are sanctioned or maintained. ![]() Forest Service and Routt County Search and Rescue are warning hikers not to rely solely on crowd-sourced trail apps. Two hikers cross the bridge at Fish Creek Falls in Steamboat Springs on Tuesday. ![]()
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