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Poles of Inaccessibility in the San Gabriel Mountains

24 points · 19 comments · dima55

  1. tony_cannistra · · focus · HN ↗
    somewhat sad to say that if you follow the map link (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;caltopo.com&#x2F;m&#x2F;4N7A" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;caltopo.com&#x2F;m&#x2F;4N7A) there&#x27;s in fact a trail right next to the &quot;point of inaccessibility&quot; that includes trails + roads.

    The path was added to OSM two years ago, which is after the analysis was done. OSM is a moving target!

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openstreetmap.org&#x2F;way&#x2F;1255896413" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openstreetmap.org&#x2F;way&#x2F;1255896413

    1. rafram · · focus · HN ↗
      This isn&#x27;t really a path, and certainly not an official trail. It&#x27;s a use trail [1] that should probably get an informal=yes tag [2]. I think it still counts!

      [1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ironhiker.blogspot.com&#x2F;2025&#x2F;08&#x2F;baden-powell-x3-and-ross-mountain.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ironhiker.blogspot.com&#x2F;2025&#x2F;08&#x2F;baden-powell-x3-and-r...

      [2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openstreetmap.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tag:informal%3Dyes" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.openstreetmap.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tag:informal%3Dyes

      1. doodlebugging · · focus · HN ↗
        Nice find! I was dinking around GEarth looking at routes and never thought to look for stuff like this.
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