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February 21, 2013 at 05:14 #116634Rocky Mountain National Park officials are studying the development of two new biking trails in the park.
Cycling in the park now is allowed only on roads, not trails. But park officials are considering a 15.5-mile nonmotorized, multi-use trail running from Estes Park’s Fall River entrance to Sprague Lake as well as two miles of mountain-bike-friendly singletrack along the East Shore Trail near Grand Lake.
"This would provide another mode of transportation for people to access the park and use the park," said the park’s planning chief, Larry Gamble, on the potential trail along Fall River Road accessing campgrounds and trailheads on the east side of the park. "Our goal is to look at a trail system that would link up with trails that are being planned in the Estes Valley."
On Monday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced $2.2 million in trail development grants for Colorado, including $337,000 for Estes Park to expand 2.5 miles of multi-use trail along U.S. 34 between the town’s visitor center and the park entrance.
Read more: Rocky Mountain National Park officials are studying two bike trails – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_2 … z2LXU94DcC
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February 21, 2013 at 08:51 #116635
This is exceptional! RMNP is one of the last parks I would have thought would have taken this course, given the exceptionally high foot traffic on any of its trails.
337K to expand 2.5 miles of multi use trail? Egad. I’m certainly not complaining about new trail, but 135K/mile? I can grab a half dozen guys and cut in a mile of trail in a couple weekends!
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February 21, 2013 at 10:25 #116636"skibum" wrote
This is exceptional! RMNP is one of the last parks I would have thought would have taken this course, given the exceptionally high foot traffic on any of its trails.
337K to expand 2.5 miles of multi use trail? Egad. I’m certainly not complaining about new trail, but 135K/mile? I can grab a half dozen guys and cut in a mile of trail in a couple weekends!
+1. Unless it’s insane terrain (which I imagine it isn’t if this is the one section they’re thinking about adding MTBs to) you could put in a halfways decent trail system for that price
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February 22, 2013 at 12:03 #116637"skibum" wrote
337K to expand 2.5 miles of multi use trail? Egad. I’m certainly not complaining about new trail, but 135K/mile? I can grab a half dozen guys and cut in a mile of trail in a couple weekends!
Our experience with the NPS here in the Blue Ridge is that they drag things out forever. Hopefully the Rocky Mountain High crew will move quicker. 😆
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