Trails in the Colorado wilderness were often bear-made routes, not human paths.

Evidence

The trail was a trail made by bears in search of bear cherries, which abounded! It was getting dusk as we had to struggle up the rough gulch we had so fatuously descended. The horses fell several times; I could hardly get mine up at all, though I helped him as much as I could; I was cut and bruised, scratched and torn. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 80

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Frontier travel directions relied on landmarks rather than roads or maps. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 181; Wilderness is a cultural construct, not a place that exists apart from humanity — William Cronon, The Trouble with Wilderness; or,…, 5

Broader Connections

• Frontier travel directions relied on landmarks rather than roads or maps. #corroborates (0.78) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 181
• Wilderness is a cultural construct, not a place that exists apart from humanity #complicates (0.75) — William Cronon, The Trouble with Wilderness; or,…, 5