> But anecdotally at least, when compared to mountain bikers and hikers, trail runners are the least likely to volunteer to build and maintain trails. Anecdota

> But anecdotally at least, when compared to mountain bikers and hikers, trail runners are the least likely to volunteer to build and maintain trails. Anecdotally. Okay. More to the point: how much damage will a runner do to a trail compared to a mountain biker? edit: I'm not sure why hn isn't letting me reply to you over fifty minutes after the fact but I don't believe individual behavior has much to do with it. I see serious damage to trails from bikes all the time (in a wet climate) and I'm not even sure what equally serious damage from a runner could even look like.