sloz wrote:"Is placing flagging tape to mark unofficial routes a violation of 'leave no trace' principles?"
Huntsman247 wrote:I've seen this topic discussed a couple times here and it usually has some pretty strong advocates in the 'for' group.
sloz wrote:Apparently Jaffa vale between Dixon's Kingdom and Lake Ball is currently plastered with the stuff.
GPSGuided wrote:People have pointed the responsibility on the various walking groups but has anyone seen people putting them up? To get to a solution, shouldn’t those offenders be contacted and informed? What’s their reason for putting these up in the first place? One scenario I can imagine is that a leader put it up to make sure stragglers of the group won’t get lost. Is that the reason they get put up? As for marking the return route, that would be the second reason. With so many tags dotted around the bush, can’t say I’ve seen anyone admitting to his/her habit.
north-north-west wrote:Timely. I'm just back from reclimbing a mountain via a different route to the previous ascent and, on the descent, kept tripping over sections of tape.
First, if you're going to mark a route with no visible pad or track, what's the point of having the tape so far apart that you can't see one bit from the last?
Second, it's rubbish and pollutes our wilderness.
Third, if you really need it to be able to find your way back, remove it as you leave.
Fourth, learn to navigate so you don't "need" markers.
crollsurf wrote:Just be aware that researchers also use tape to mark out study areas.
rangersac wrote:sloz wrote:Apparently Jaffa vale between Dixon's Kingdom and Lake Ball is currently plastered with the stuff.
Yep, I was up there in late March and walked both the usual valley route and the newly flagged one, which was on the Solomon's throne side of the valley basically following the edge of the tree line. It had also obviously been in use for some time as the track was easy to follow. I presumed this was a Parks effort to try and reduce the foot traffic through the wetter areas of the valley in an effort to reduce erosion, but I really didn't see the value of it. The standard route is in pretty decent nick, the new route was wearing in fast, and you could clearly see where there were going to be new erosion issues before too long
Hot073 wrote:I removed a shopping bag full of pink tape from the Rinadeena Falls Track today.
Someone had marked the track in pink tape every 20 metres or so.
I posted on Waterfalls of Tasmania that I removed it and have a commenter on there threatening to report me to Parks and Wildlife for removing it
bushwalker zane wrote:Hot073 wrote:I removed a shopping bag full of pink tape from the Rinadeena Falls Track today.
Someone had marked the track in pink tape every 20 metres or so.
I posted on Waterfalls of Tasmania that I removed it and have a commenter on there threatening to report me to Parks and Wildlife for removing it
What?! That's silly. That track is very easy to follow, and I don't remember there being pink tape lat time I was up there, so cudos to you Hot073.
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