trail class matrix (fsh 2353, section 14.2, exhibit 01) · trail class matrix allowances...
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Trai
l Cla
ss M
atri
x (F
SH
235
3, S
ectio
n 14
.2, E
xhib
it 01
)
Trai
l Cla
sses
are
gen
eral
cat
egor
ies
refle
ctin
g tr
ail d
evel
opm
ent
scal
e, a
rran
ged
alo
ng a
con
tinuu
m. T
he T
rail
Cla
ss id
entif
ied
for
a N
atio
nal F
or-
est
Sys
tem
(NFS
) tra
il p
resc
ribes
its
dev
elop
men
t sc
ale,
rep
rese
ntin
g its
inte
nded
des
ign
and
man
agem
ent
stan
dar
ds.
1 Lo
cal d
evia
tions
from
any
Trai
l Cla
ss d
escr
ipto
r m
ay b
e es
tab
lishe
d b
ased
on
trai
l-sp
ecifi
c co
nditi
ons,
top
ogra
phy
, or
othe
r fa
ctor
s, p
rovi
ded
tha
t th
e d
evia
tions
do
not
und
erm
ine
the
gene
ral i
nten
t of
the
ap
plic
able
Tra
il C
lass
.
Iden
tify
the
app
rop
riate
Tra
il C
lass
for
each
Nat
iona
l For
est
Sys
tem
tra
il or
tra
il se
gmen
t b
ased
on
the
man
agem
ent
inte
nt in
the
ap
plic
able
land
man
agem
ent
pla
n, t
rave
l man
agem
ent
dire
ctio
n, t
rail-
spec
ific
dec
isio
ns, a
nd o
ther
rel
ated
dire
ctio
n. A
pp
ly t
he T
rail
Cla
ss t
hat
mos
t cl
osel
y
mat
ches
the
man
agem
ent
inte
nt fo
r th
e tr
ail o
r tr
ail s
egm
ent,
whi
ch m
ay o
r m
ay n
ot r
efle
ct t
he c
urre
nt c
ond
ition
of t
he t
rail.
Trai
l A
ttri
but
esTr
ail C
lass
1
Min
imal
ly D
evel
op
ed
Trai
l Cla
ss 2
M
od
erat
ely
Dev
elo
ped
Trai
l Cla
ss 3
D
evel
op
edTr
ail C
lass
4
Hig
hly
Dev
elo
ped
Trai
l Cla
ss 5
Fu
lly D
evel
op
ed
Trea
d
&
Traf
fic F
low
• Tr
ead
inte
rmitt
ent
and
of
ten
ind
istin
ct
• M
ay r
equi
re r
oute
find
ing
• S
ingl
e la
ne w
ith n
o al
low
ance
s co
nstr
ucte
d
for
pas
sing
• P
red
omin
antly
nat
ive
mat
eria
ls
• Tr
ead
con
tinuo
us a
nd
dis
cern
ible
, but
nar
row
and
ro
ugh
• S
ingl
e la
ne w
ith m
inor
al
low
ance
s co
nstr
ucte
d fo
r p
assi
ng
• Ty
pic
ally
nat
ive
mat
eria
ls
• Tr
ead
con
tinuo
us a
nd
obvi
ous
• S
ingl
e la
ne, w
ith
allo
wan
ces
cons
truc
ted
fo
r p
assi
ng w
here
req
uire
d
by
traf
fic v
olum
es in
ar
eas
with
no
reas
onab
le
pas
sing
op
por
tuni
ties
avai
lab
le
• N
ativ
e or
imp
orte
d
mat
eria
ls
• Tr
ead
wid
e an
d r
elat
ivel
y sm
ooth
with
few
irre
gula
ritie
s
• S
ingl
e la
ne, w
ith a
llow
ance
s co
nstr
ucte
d fo
r p
assi
ng
whe
re r
equi
red
by
traf
fic
volu
mes
in a
reas
with
no
rea
sona
ble
pas
sing
op
por
tuni
ties
avai
lab
le
• D
oub
le la
ne w
here
tra
ffic
volu
mes
are
hig
h an
d p
assi
ng
is fr
eque
nt
• N
ativ
e or
imp
orte
d m
ater
ials
• M
ay b
e ha
rden
ed
• Tr
ead
wid
e, fi
rm, s
tab
le,
and
gen
eral
ly u
nifo
rm
• S
ingl
e la
ne, w
ith fr
eque
nt
turn
outs
whe
re t
raffi
c vo
lum
es a
re lo
w t
o m
oder
ate
• D
oub
le la
ne w
here
tra
ffic
volu
mes
are
mod
erat
e to
hi
gh
• C
omm
only
har
den
ed w
ith
asp
halt
or o
ther
imp
orte
d
mat
eria
l
Ob
stac
les
• O
bst
acle
s co
mm
on,
natu
rally
occ
urrin
g, o
ften
su
bst
antia
l and
inte
nded
to
pro
vid
e in
crea
sed
ch
alle
nge
• N
arro
w p
assa
ges;
bru
sh,
stee
p g
rad
es, r
ocks
and
lo
gs p
rese
nt
• O
bst
acle
s m
ay b
e co
mm
on, s
ubst
antia
l, an
d in
tend
ed t
o p
rovi
de
incr
ease
d c
halle
nge
• B
lock
ages
cle
ared
to
def
ine
rout
e an
d p
rote
ct r
esou
rces
• Ve
geta
tion
may
enc
roac
h in
to t
railw
ay
• O
bst
acle
s m
ay b
e co
mm
on, b
ut n
ot
sub
stan
tial o
r in
tend
ed t
o p
rovi
de
chal
leng
e
• Ve
geta
tion
clea
red
out
sid
e of
tra
ilway
• O
bst
acle
s in
freq
uent
and
in
sub
stan
tial
• Ve
geta
tion
clea
red
out
sid
e of
tr
ailw
ay
• O
bst
acle
s no
t p
rese
nt
• G
rad
es t
ypic
ally
< 8
%
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6/20
08
Trail Class Matrix (FSH 2353, Section 14.2, Exhibit 01)Tr
ail
Att
rib
utes
Trai
l Cla
ss 1
M
inim
ally
Dev
elo
ped
Tr
ail C
lass
2
Mo
der
atel
y D
evel
op
edTr
ail C
lass
3
Dev
elo
ped
Trai
l Cla
ss 4
H
ighl
y D
evel
op
edTr
ail C
lass
5
Fully
Dev
elo
ped
Co
nstr
ucte
d
Feat
ures
&
Trai
l Ele
men
ts
• S
truc
ture
s m
inim
al t
o no
n-ex
iste
nt
• D
rain
age
typ
ical
ly
acco
mp
lishe
d w
ithou
t st
ruct
ures
• N
atur
al fo
rds
• Ty
pic
ally
no
brid
ges
• S
truc
ture
s of
lim
ited
si
ze, s
cale
, and
qua
ntity
; ty
pic
ally
con
stru
cted
of
nativ
e m
ater
ials
• S
truc
ture
s ad
equa
te t
o p
rote
ct t
rail
infr
astr
uctu
re
and
res
ourc
es
• N
atur
al fo
rds
• B
ridge
s as
nee
ded
for
reso
urce
pro
tect
ion
and
ap
pro
pria
te a
cces
s
• S
truc
ture
s m
ay b
e co
mm
on a
nd s
ubst
antia
l; co
nstr
ucte
d o
f im
por
ted
or
nativ
e m
ater
ials
• N
atur
al o
r co
nstr
ucte
d
ford
s
• B
ridge
s as
nee
ded
for
reso
urce
pro
tect
ion
and
ap
pro
pria
te a
cces
s
• S
truc
ture
s fr
eque
nt a
nd
sub
stan
tial;
typ
ical
ly
cons
truc
ted
of i
mp
orte
d
mat
eria
ls
• C
onst
ruct
ed o
r na
tura
l for
ds
• B
ridge
s as
nee
ded
for
reso
urce
pro
tect
ion
and
use
r co
nven
ienc
e
• Tr
ails
ide
amen
ities
may
be
pre
sent
• S
truc
ture
s fr
eque
nt o
r co
ntin
uous
; typ
ical
ly
cons
truc
ted
of i
mp
orte
d
mat
eria
ls
• M
ay in
clud
e b
ridge
s,
boa
rdw
alks
, cur
bs,
ha
ndra
ils, t
rails
ide
amen
ities
, and
sim
ilar
feat
ures
Sig
ns2
• R
oute
iden
tific
atio
n si
gnin
g lim
ited
to
junc
tions
• R
oute
mar
kers
pre
sent
w
hen
trai
l loc
atio
n is
not
ev
iden
t
• R
egul
ator
y an
d r
esou
rce
pro
tect
ion
sign
ing
infr
eque
nt
• D
estin
atio
n si
gnin
g,
unle
ss r
equi
red
, gen
eral
ly
not
pre
sent
• In
form
atio
n an
d
inte
rpre
tive
sign
ing
gene
rally
not
pre
sent
• R
oute
iden
tific
atio
n si
gnin
g lim
ited
to
junc
tions
• R
oute
mar
kers
pre
sent
w
hen
trai
l loc
atio
n is
not
ev
iden
t
• R
egul
ator
y an
d r
esou
rce
pro
tect
ion
sign
ing
infr
eque
nt
• D
estin
atio
n si
gnin
g ty
pic
ally
in
freq
uent
out
sid
e of
w
ilder
ness
; gen
eral
ly n
ot
pre
sent
in w
ilder
ness
• In
form
atio
n an
d in
terp
retiv
e si
gnin
g no
t co
mm
on
• R
oute
iden
tific
atio
n si
gnin
g at
junc
tions
an
d a
s ne
eded
for
user
re
assu
ranc
e
• R
oute
mar
kers
as
need
ed
for
user
rea
ssur
ance
• R
egul
ator
y an
d r
esou
rce
pro
tect
ion
sign
ing
may
be
com
mon
• D
estin
atio
n si
gnin
g lik
ely
outs
ide
of w
ilder
ness
; ge
nera
lly n
ot p
rese
nt in
w
ilder
ness
• In
form
atio
n an
d
inte
rpre
tive
sign
s m
ay
be
pre
sent
out
sid
e of
w
ilder
ness
• R
oute
iden
tific
atio
n si
gnin
g at
ju
nctio
ns a
nd a
s ne
eded
for
user
rea
ssur
ance
• R
oute
mar
kers
as
need
ed fo
r us
er r
eass
uran
ce
• R
egul
ator
y an
d r
esou
rce
pro
tect
ion
sign
ing
com
mon
• D
estin
atio
n si
gnin
g co
mm
on
outs
ide
of w
ilder
ness
; ge
nera
lly n
ot p
rese
nt in
w
ilder
ness
• In
form
atio
n an
d in
terp
retiv
e si
gns
may
be
com
mon
ou
tsid
e of
wild
erne
ss
• A
cces
sib
ility
info
rmat
ion
likel
y d
isp
laye
d a
t tr
ailh
ead
• R
oute
iden
tific
atio
n si
gnin
g at
junc
tions
and
fo
r us
er r
eass
uran
ce
• R
oute
mar
kers
as
need
ed
for
user
rea
ssur
ance
• R
egul
ator
y an
d r
esou
rce
pro
tect
ion
sign
ing
com
mon
• D
estin
atio
n si
gnin
g co
mm
on
• In
form
atio
n an
d
inte
rpre
tive
sign
s co
mm
on
• A
cces
sib
ility
info
rmat
ion
likel
y d
isp
laye
d a
t tr
ailh
ead
Typ
ical
Rec
reat
ion
Env
iro
ns
&
Exp
erie
nce3
• N
atur
al, u
nmod
ified
• R
OS
: Typ
ical
ly P
rimiti
ve
to R
oad
ed N
atur
al
• W
RO
S: T
ypic
ally
Prim
itive
to
Sem
i-P
rimiti
ve
• N
atur
al, e
ssen
tially
un
mod
ified
• R
OS
: Typ
ical
ly P
rimiti
ve t
o R
oad
ed N
atur
al
• W
RO
S: T
ypic
ally
Prim
itive
to
Sem
i-P
rimiti
ve
• N
atur
al, p
rimar
ily
unm
odifi
ed
• R
OS
: Typ
ical
ly P
rimiti
ve t
o R
oad
ed N
atur
al
• W
RO
S: T
ypic
ally
Sem
i-P
rimiti
ve t
o Tr
ansi
tion
• M
ay b
e m
odifi
ed
• R
OS
: Typ
ical
ly S
emi-
Prim
itive
to
Rur
al
• W
RO
S: T
ypic
ally
Por
tal o
r Tr
ansi
tion
• M
ay b
e hi
ghly
mod
ified
• C
omm
only
ass
ocia
ted
w
ith v
isito
r ce
nter
s or
hi
gh-u
se r
ecre
atio
n si
tes
• R
OS
: Typ
ical
ly R
oad
ed
Nat
ural
to
Urb
an
• G
ener
ally
not
pre
sent
in
wild
erne
ss
1 Fo
r N
atio
nal Q
ualit
y S
tand
ard
s fo
r Tr
ails
, Pot
entia
l Ap
pro
pria
tene
ss o
f Tra
il C
lass
es fo
r M
anag
ed U
ses,
Des
ign
Par
amet
ers,
and
oth
er r
elat
ed g
uid
ance
, ref
er to
FS
M 2
353,
FS
H 2
309.
18,
and
oth
er a
pp
licab
le a
genc
y re
fere
nces
.
2 Fo
r st
and
ard
s an
d g
uid
elin
es fo
r th
e us
e of
sig
ns a
nd p
oste
rs a
long
trai
ls, r
efer
to th
e S
ign
and
Pos
ter
Gui
del
ines
for
the
Fore
st S
ervi
ce (E
M-7
100-
15).
3 Th
e Tr
ail C
lass
Mat
rix s
how
s th
e co
mb
inat
ions
of T
rail
Cla
ss a
nd R
ecre
atio
n O
pp
ortu
nity
Sp
ectr
um (R
OS
) or
Wild
erne
ss R
ecre
atio
n O
pp
ortu
nity
Sp
ectr
um (W
RO
S) s
ettin
gs th
at c
om-
mon
ly o
ccur
, alth
ough
trai
ls in
all
Trai
l Cla
sses
may
and
do
occu
r in
all
sett
ings
. For
gui
dan
ce o
n th
e ap
plic
atio
n of
the
RO
S a
nd W
RO
S, r
efer
to F
SM
231
0 an
d 2
353
and
FS
H 2
309.
18.