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This new trail was originally constructed in response to a survey done of Tsali users in 1996-1998 I believe. It was and is to be known as the Santeetlah Trail because a good part of the length runs parallel with the shoreline of Santeetlah Lake. It starts out along the Big Snowbird Creek channel of the lake and winds around to the West Buffalo Creek channel and then hits the Santeetlah Creek channel and connects to a road known locally as the Farley Cove Road and comes back into the Horse Cove road just before the Rattler Ford Campground which is just before Horse Cove and the turn-off to Joyce Kilmer Forest. It will be a beautiful ride and there are plans to develop amenities along the trail and there are now primitive campsites on part of the track. I’m not sure who does Tsali but at one time NOC was a big supporter and user of Tsali and co-sponsored annual events there with Subaru. You may know more about that than I do. Thanks for the inquiry. It looks as though once the USFS statewide trail study is done that all future trail construction and current use trails will have to have outside sources for majority maintenance due to continued budget cuts to USFS by Congress. Wish us luck, it’s been a long time coming.

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