This is a road allowance along the Nisbet Forest that we often ride safely, until one time we find someone has stapled barbed wire across and thru the trees. Not typical and not approved by  any  authority. Luckily we were able to spot it before someone was beheaded by a single wire.

 There is likely a story to go with this wire evident in the snap.
Until I post a video,
lets just call it "over exuberance" and
"barb wire(s) broken" by "misadventure" .

Looking closely you can see the loops of barbed wire in the snow stretched out where it is wrapped around my right front ski spindle.

 Barbed wire is seen often around scrapped vehicles and old homesteads long abandoned.

This cut line is a neat one that eventually takes you into some small lakes, but the down hill side of the cut line has a barbed wire bordering it in the trees. If you look closely this cut line requires some extra skill and aggressive balancing skills to stay clear of the wire.

Yours truly knew that a fence and gate was in the vicinity....2 more inches and she would of been scratched.

 Ol buddy jumped off just in time to watch his sled go thru the fence while everyone else went thru the open gate. You only had to be there! We are pretty sure that 100MPH past a "Danger" sign is going to have some pretty strong consequences!

Here is a gate and fence line in Nisbet that I think has disappeared in recent years. There are some other fences that appeared to have been erected in the Nisbet Forest at random to suite nearby ranchers. I see some of these have also disappeared in recent years.

 Barbed wire around the Nisbet Forest

 Barbed wire in the Nisbet Forest

This is just proof that some Barb Wire is OK