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  1. Wondered if the vertical dot-dash-dot blaze pattern carved into a tree I think was at the end of a switchback once had any meaning. Searching for blazes gets me drowned in a sea of painted ones. (I must have asked Jeeves. Jeeves always tried to bend my search into something common, but I'm not Bertie.) So I had a look at the Forest Service trail building manual. They only do reassurance markers (vertical dot-dash, AKA i) so I didn't find out.

    However, I did learn that even in 1935, they didn't think you should chop all the way through the bark if you could help it. Here's a couple pages from fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recre

    #hiking #trailBlaze #history #trailBuilding #ForestService