Government agencies have been meeting with these companies and others twice a month for the past two years to talk about solutions.
Veteran mountaineer Dale Atkins was climbing the challenginglast week on Torreys Peak, a popular Front Range fourteener, when he encountered a woman in her 20s who had discovered the complexity of the climb required route-finding skills beyond her experience level.
, a volunteer search-and-rescue group that conducts missions in Clear Creek, Jefferson and Gilpin counties.,’” he continued. “She said all the reviews were really positive about the climb, so she figured with three fourteeners under her belt that she could do it. Her ambitions just exceeded her experience.”
Public land managers across the country are discovering the shortcomings of crowdsourced apps like AllTrails and, which show where trails are on digital maps, and provide user-generated feedback and reviews, but leave hikers wanting for specific route details. There are other issues, as well, such as leading hikers to trails that are closed or cross private land.
“It is an issue that we’ve been dealing with in the forest service for a little while now, trying to better understand how we can address it,” said Chad Schneckenburger, trails manager for the. “For us, it’s really a management challenge. All those apps are crowdsourced. It’s essentially user-generated information.”
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