In one of the main trails that I go to, the Brewster,NY trail, I find that in the past year and a half there has been an extraordinary amount of trail damage done. The trails look nothing like what they used to and the difficulty of the trails is now much higher. When i first started going on the trails, I was still a stock TB and i was able to make it up this one trail to the top of the mountain with no problems, in the winter, with snow everywhere, with bald tires...Now when i go there, i can't even make it up that same trail, granted i don't yet have a locker
this trail and all the others are ripped on all day by guys on their quads and bikes who don't really seem to care about TL but even with that, i find that the majority of the damage to the trails is natural erosion considering we have been having one of the rainiest seasons in a while and just had a hurricane...As well as trucks, people with Jeeps who think they can tackle everything and anything find big mud pits and hill climbs and just floor it kicking up everything and making ruts the size of a football field. The main problem is inexperienced off roaders with lots of money who just have their parents buy them a new jeep and then bring it to the off road shop and have them deck it out. Then they think that since they have a good truck they instantly know how to wheel...and they burnout the whole trail and ruin everything...
But thats just my experience here in CT with the trails i've gone through.