What is the definition of motorized wheeled cross-country travel?
In the current travel plan: Cross-country travel occurs when motorized users leave existing roads and trails in unrestricted areas, or when travel occurs off designated routes in closed and restricted areas. The DEIS answer to this question presented several examples that illustrate the difficulty of defining what is a legitimate “existing” route. After the forest has designated open routes: Cross-country travel occurs any time motorized users travel off of an open designated route. The motor vehicle use map that accompanies the travel plan will explicitly specify route and area designations. Use of “existing”, but undesignated travel ways is purposefully considered cross-country travel by this definition.
