You know those roads where if you turn to hard/late, then you’ll end up dropping 2000 ft off a cliff? Yeah my brain cannot comprehend how they were made. I know most trails are made by people/horses constantly walking over it. But the fact that these trails are almost perfectly made for transportation, and are just casually on the side of a mountain confuses me.
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One technique often used to build a track across a steep slope was called ‘benching’ …
Imagine a slope, running downhill to the right. Now cut an L-shaped notch out of it. There’s your track.
If the land downhill of the path isn’t too steep you can pile the material you removed there to support the edge of the track or even make it wider. You can also support both sides of the track with retaining structures.
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