There’s still plenty of warm weather to test out one of the U.S. Forest Service’s improved trails in Grand County.
Late summer and early fall provide an ideal opportunity to experience some of the new trail work the U.S. Forest Service has completed this summer with the help of many volunteer groups and a grant from the National Forest Foundation’s Ski Conservation Fund. Seven major trails projects are already complete and several more are planned for this fall.
This season’s efforts highlight five wilderness trail projects in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. The first of these, in partnership with volunteers from the Grand County Wilderness Group, built a half-mile connector trail from the Broome Hut cabin on Second Creek up to the Mt. Nystrom Trail in Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area.
A project on the Roaring Fork Trail in Indian Peaks Wilderness Area brought 12 volunteers from around the nation through Wilderness Volunteers to build a 32-foot natural bridge across the rushing waters of Roaring Fork Creek.
Wilderness Volunteers also brought 10 volunteers from across the country to help build a 42-foot span foot bridge and 75 feet of turnpike on the Hi Lonesome Trail, an integral part of the Continental Divide Trail.
A project on Devil’s Thumb Trail in Indian Peaks Wilderness is also planned for this fall.
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