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valhikes

Mapper since:
November 11, 2014
Last map edit:
May 22, 2025

Hiking trails are my priority, especially the “visibility” attribute.

Hiking and backpacking adventures get put here: Moments in Dirt and Ink

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Latest Diaries

Please stop guessing about highway/waterway crossings

You know what can really mess up carefully laid plans? What can even lead to a dangerous situation? When you get to the crossing of the South Fork ...

8 comments October 14, 2024

ATV trails

About a year ago, I actually encountered a use of highway=road as I aligned roads and added a bit more detail to the area at the south end of Mendo...

4 comments July 08, 2024

toilets:disposal=vault

I have been deeply tempted to use this. There have been times when I didn’t even tag the disposal not because it slipped my mind, but because “pitl...

4 comments June 20, 2024

Peaks and Mountains

Ever since visiting Mount Lassic and then making edits in the region, I’ve had this nagging difficulty: What to do with a mountain whose high point...

9 comments February 07, 2024