OK, let me be more forthright.

It's not about the "tree hugger nazis" ruling the world. It's about what the trail will look like even ONE year from now, it's about how many months those trees will even be standing, it's about making things pukey ugly instead of caring for the places we love.

Not to mention, even being able to wheel that area ten, five, even one year from now due to the damage. A little environmental intelligence is called for.

No it is not cool. No it is not acceptable fun. And yes we all need to change the way we think about it whether anyone from the green side slaps us or not. You are destroying my chosen form of backcountry recreation, you are stepping on ME, for an hour's worth of fun.

I turn in people who do this sort of thing. Call me a nazi and I will thank you. We are losing hundreds of trail miles every year because of this sort of thing, and we deserve to lose them due to the damage. Time to stop it.