Table 5 — Compliance by party size, by trailhead, percentage of total 



Party size, number of persons 



1 2-6 7 or more 



Number of Percent Number of Percent Number of Percent 

 parties complying parties complying parties complying 



Spanish Creek 153 36 

 Little Hellroaring 



Creek 20 80 



Hellroaring Creek 42 17 



Cascade Creek 91 54 



Deer Creek 42 45 



Hammond Creek 22 14 



Total 370 41 



574 45 22 55 



38 50 2 



67 55 1 



410 76 15 93 



101 76 3 67 



63 24 9 11 



1,253 57 52 60 



Table 6. -Compliance by method of travel, length of stay, and season combined, by 



trailheads, percent of total 



Method of traveP 



Hikers Horseback riders 



Trailhead 



Season 



Day 



Campers 



Day 



Campers 



Spanish Creek 



Summer 



26 



63 



23 



75 





Fall 



33 



81 



33 



88 





Total 



29 



67 



26 



81 



Little Hellroaring 



Summer 



100* 



100 



0* 



0* 



Creek 



Fall 



70 



63 



36 



100 





Total 



71 



75 



29 



50* 



Hellroaring Creek 



Summer 



23 



83 



50 



0* 





Fall 



28 



42 



40 



80 





Total 



26 



63 



44 



67 



Cascade Creek 



Summer 



72 



78 



0* 



100* 





Fall 



67 



84 



50 



50* 





Total 



70 



80 



29 



67* 



Deer Creek 



Summer 



66 



82 



91 



100 





Fall 



27 



78 



29 



20 





Total 



51 



80 



67 



60 



Hammond Creek 



Summer 



25 



64 



3 



100* 





Fall 







100* 







67* 





Total 



21 



69 



2 



75 



Total 





51 



72 



25 



70 



'19 parties hiking with packstock are omitted from this table. 

 "Based on 3 or fewer observations. 



c. Day-hikers complied fairly well at nnost station 

 locations up the trail. 



Spanish Creek in the fall (after the station was moved) 

 was still only 33 percent, and Deer Creek in the fall was 

 only 27 percent. The other day-hikers' compliance rates 

 for up-the-trail locations were all at least 66 percent. 



d. Day-hikers complied very poorly at roadside 

 locations. Compliance never reached even 30 percent in 

 such cases. 



e. Day horseback riders' compliance rates varied 

 widely, but generally were very low (25 percent overall). 

 Only at Deer Creek (almost three-fourths mile up the 

 trail), did day horseback riders comply fairly well (67 

 percent). 



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