shagdeuce
05-26-2012, 10:15 PM
I drove my family up to Kanarraville today with some kind of on the fence about hiking into the canyon due to the colder weather. We arrived at the trailhead thinking it would be $10/car to park. Turns out that they (who, I'm not exactly sure) have decided to start charging access fees in addition to the parking fees.
A boy with a yellow "agent" sign around his neck stopped us and notified us that the fee was $4/adult, $3 per kid over 5 with student ID. I asked him who was charging the fee and he said that the trail crosses some private property and the land owner is charging the access fees to help pay for trash cleanup efforts within the canyon.
We were already in the fence about doing the hike, so we spent the afternoon in the Kolob Terrace instead without pushing the matter much.
Has anyone experienced this? Is this an organized effort by the city or some yahoo trying to make a buck? I think the $10 for parking is reasonable, but $4/person is steep unless they are going to provide a moving walkway to the mouth of the canyon. Seems like Kanarraville is doing everything that they can to discourage tourism. Maybe that is what they want...
A boy with a yellow "agent" sign around his neck stopped us and notified us that the fee was $4/adult, $3 per kid over 5 with student ID. I asked him who was charging the fee and he said that the trail crosses some private property and the land owner is charging the access fees to help pay for trash cleanup efforts within the canyon.
We were already in the fence about doing the hike, so we spent the afternoon in the Kolob Terrace instead without pushing the matter much.
Has anyone experienced this? Is this an organized effort by the city or some yahoo trying to make a buck? I think the $10 for parking is reasonable, but $4/person is steep unless they are going to provide a moving walkway to the mouth of the canyon. Seems like Kanarraville is doing everything that they can to discourage tourism. Maybe that is what they want...