CCC Trail Markers

[billski]

One year at Stowe, it was pointed out to me one of the original CCC trail markers. It was a small simple square piece of wood with a number on it, just off to the trailside, setback a few trees deep. Trails were not named.

Now yesterday at Wildcat I saw a similar numbered sign. It was placed as a diamond, instead of the horizontal orientation I saw at Stowe. What makes me think it's not a CCC sign is that it still has paint on it. Maybe it's to designate snowmaking pipe or trail location. Thoughts?

 

[millerm277]

Well, there is/was a CCC trail there, which was incorporated into the ski area I think: http://www.skimuseum.org/page.php?cid=doc23

 

[threecy]

Shameless plug for a CCC ski trail site:

New England's Alpine CCC Ski Trails

In regard to the Wildcat signs, I've seen a bunch of them on various trails, which I believe correspond to snowmaking hydrants and pipelines. They appear to be somewhat old - perhaps a project undertaken years ago, but not kept up to date.

 

[skimawk]

CCC Trails

Always show respect and gratitude for the CCC and skiing history.

 

[redalienx11]

i dont know why i thought this but i saw some at whiteface and thought they designated some downhill mountain bike trails or something.

anyway, those CCC sites are cool. I didn't know too much about the CCC's ski trail cutting efforts before, interesting stuff.