Snowmelt can cause trouble for hikers even before they reach a trailhead.
Here’s how to manage a muddy spring hike. That brings pitfalls hikers must be aware of before they get their feet wet. While there’s a special beauty in watching the winter landscape thaw into a navigable ecosystem again, the ground is literally shifting. Hiking traffic can have sticky implications for trails, roads, wildlife, and in some cases, search-and-rescue crews. One recent study by RunRepeat and AllTrails found that in 2020, the rate of hikes that AllTrails users logged rose by 171 percent, compared to 2019 metrics. Last summer, many parks across the United States broke visitation records. Trail usage steadily rose in the wake of movies like Wild and social media status symbols such as the “nature selfie.” Pandemic lockdowns supercharged interest. Before the arrival of COVID-19, hiking was already experiencing something of a revival in America. This year could bring more spring hikers eager to get a jump on pandemic crowds.
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