There are many the consequences in New England.
A popular leafy desert in Lincoln, New Hampshire, has been filled with tourists to the point that they’re causing bumper-to-bumper traffic on the trails at rush hour.
Last weekend’s chaotic scene on Artists Bluff Trail in Franconia Notch State Park was described as “dangerous” and disgusting by experienced local hiker Tamara Breau, who documented the outdoor nightmare on social media.
Despite the hike being a relatively easy physical challenge, Breau said the influx of visitors made things much more dangerous and miserable, a leaf frenzy hilariously parodied in an episode of “Family Guy.”
“People were pushing, coming off trails, climbing and leaving trash,” she wrote in a New Hampshire Facebook group, calling for better monitoring by officials to deal with “these crazy leaf peepers.”
“Someone came down crying because they were too scared by the large number of people at the top. I saw someone trying to put a child through the brush… These crazy tourists have no etiquette and no common sense.”
And, like NYC’s main traffic arteries, Breau told WMUR the upper portion of the trail was also filled with “choking.”
“I couldn’t help but think, someone is going to have to be saved,” she added.
Breau was not far away.
The station reported that state agencies had to conduct several rescues over the weekend at other popular locations, such as the Basin Cascade Trail on nearby Cannon Mountain.
Non-natives also seem oblivious to early climate changes at higher elevations, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officer Chris McKee.
“Up here in the mountains, it’s already winter,” he said, noting that Washington state’s iconic mountain has already seen five inches of snow, freezing temperatures — noting that “people are just not prepared.”
In Breau’s case, she said many people were dressed recklessly in unseasonal sandals and shorts — even slippers.
Adding insult to injury, the fish and game department said tourist traffic on I-93 has become so gridlocked that it’s affecting rescues — one that takes more than an hour to reach a person in need.
As for frustrated residents like Breau, it’s about to blow away like fallen leaves.
“We turned around and went somewhere else,” the angry local concluded her post.
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