“…To date, large amounts of research are focused on the impact of visitors on soil and vegetation including monitoring and modeling (Dixon et al, 2004;Farell and Marion, 2001;Monti and MacKintosh, 1979;Godefroid and Koedam, 2004;Özcan et al, 2013). A variety of efficient methods for evaluating trails and their resource conditions, especially in sensitive and vulnerable areas (alpine environment), have been developed and described in the literature (Jewell and Hammitt, 2000;Hawes et al, 2006;Ólafsdótirr and Runnström, 2013;Tomczyk and Ewertowski, 2011;Brevik and Fenton, 2012). A review by Marion and Leung (2001) concluded that the point sampling method provides accurate and precise measures of trail characteristics that are continuous or frequent (e.g., tread width).…”