Carpet Hill
This is extremely remote, ruff and beautiful 4wd trail located between Mammoth and Klondyke, Arizona.
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Indeed a great place to visit and explore! I shear your enthusiasm and respect for this trail. That being said, Part of any adventure is the planing and execution. Furthermore, when someone has to spend many hours learning of, and finding ruins such as theses it makes the adventure that much greater! The hours spent locating such places also helps to protect these ruins from would-be vandals. Copper Creek is an excellent example of what happens when detailed location information is provided to the general public.
ReplyDeleteCopper Creek is still a beautiful place, but in 1993 a Tucson Newspaper published detailed directions on its location. Copper Creek was horribly damaged beyond repair. The rancher who owns the Copper Creek ruins closed Copper Creek to the public after that.
I have no dough that you endeavor here to help others in their quest for adventure; however in your attempt to help you may be destroying the very thing you want to preserve and share.
Relic Hunter
Relic Hunter,
ReplyDeleteI agree with a lot of what you're saying. And I struggle with this every time I post a new place. I created this blog because I want to find detailed info on places, but there doesn't seem to be a lot out there. And maybe for good reason... I am hoping that people coming to this blog take care of the places. We'll have to wait and see.
I share your feelings about Copper Creek. I've been going there for almost 30 years and I get sad about it every time I think about it. There were a bunch of reasons the rancher closed the area. I don't think four-wheelers were the major issue. However, popularity of the site may have been a larger factor.
That being said, there are SOME places that I go that are so special and fragile that I will not publish their information and coordinates. I'm not willing to take the chance.
Above all, we (all of us) need to take care of these places, treat them with respect and help keep them open. Unfortunately with the mindset a some of the people I see out there, I fear that within 20 years most of these places will be closed. There are many, many, many more people enjoying these areas (ATVs allow almost anyone to go out there) and what we need is for the Forest Service to open MORE roads, not close them, and enforce Tread Lightly, etc. But they have no money and enforcement is hard.
No good answer to the problem.
Have fun on your adventures!
Arizona Adventurer
Just got to the beginning of carpet hill today, but turned around. I'm still too new at this to take it on. Love copper creek and would hate for it to be ruined by those that don't care about it.
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