>>1794463It kills vegetation, causes trail erosion and widens the trail, which then also becomes part of the mud pit. The trail becomes progressively wider and wider for perpetuity. Small trees and vegetation won’t ever take root with people walking on them constantly. When summer, fall, and winter roll around and the mud is gone, you have this big 30yd wide eyesore of a trail with no vegetation. Pic related - the path on the right shouldn’t be there. RIP that tree
