Yes, more often than not public land/roads are needed for transit sections. In fact, before the explosion of lawsuits, ECEA enduros in NJ had far more private land available and used less roads, now the roads are needed to connect whats left.
Only 1 of 18 ECEA enduros is closed course, and that was done simply because the event was completely contained in a state park anyway. The club gets a special permit and the park roads are closed for the day, so unlicensed bikes are now eligable, BUT, the course and format is the same as in the past.
In some areas it may work, those with more land can adopt the format and still have a good course. Not here. It may evolve into a multi-loop short course format, like a big harescramble with checkpoints.
For a small densely populated state, we have a damn good enduro series that has produced some very fast riders. The Sandy Lane Enduro is the oldest enduro in the US. It would suck to loose this tradition. I'm sure the NETRA
guys feel the same way.
