"Having limited snowmobile experience, I didn't expect the high-adrenaline activity of going off trail," said Robb D'Ambruoso, 33, a corporate lawyer from Boston.
"The author" explains away coincidences -- such encounters do indeed happen" -- and cheerfully chides himself when the tempo flags: "But have we gone off trail?
The temptation to go off-trail, legally or not, comes from the desire for variety, federal land managers say.
When they go off-trail, consequences often follow: erosion, destruction of fragile desert soils or historical artifacts, and disturbance of wildlife habitats.
In this case, the pedestrians usually go "off-trail" and create their own route to reach the final destination.
It's a cliché among outdoorsmen: if you're dismayed by the crowds, just walk a few miles or go off-trail.
Dr. John Aucott loves to let his dog go off-trail when he hikes.
They went off trailing 42-40, a 23-3 Indiana run.
HIKERS going off-trail can thank technology and market forces for keeping them on track.
A mile or so down, we started going off-trail.
(Ironically, I did have a close encounter with a rattlesnake soon after. I didn't get bitten, but I almost died of a heart attack. I learned to stop going off-trail to pick up that errant can).
