[at-l] Enhancing the AT Blaze

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

I still like the blazes they had out in RMNP. they were tabs that stuck out
from the tree(2 or 3 inches) and were either aluminum or plastic. The
material was reflective like highway signs. Probably lasts a lot longer than
paint and was easy to see too.

Bryan

 Samuel Adams advised, "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity,
and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the
sake of the latter."

>
> Never had much of a problem with the AT white blazes, but who picked flat
> grey-blue for the side trails? The blazes that you're using to try to find
> either a shelter, campsite or water source at dusk (or later)? Guess which
> color disappears first in fading daylight?
> One section of the Finger Lakes Trail is quite particular in discretely
> labeling each road you come to. Since most of the roads are dirt in that
> section, and there are quite a number of them, it really helps to keep
> track of where you are.
> The Tuscarora Trail is entirely blazed in blue, so you can blue-blaze it
> <g>. And the Allegheny Trail is marked with the leftover paint from the
> state road painting tests, so you can yellow-blaze an entire trail <g>.
>
> skeeter
>
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