Mountain Biker Voices Needed!

Hiker voices are working to LIMIT biking!

Tomorrow evening (May 5th) is the last meeting of the planning phase
for Red Rock Canyon. The "final draft" plan for the park will be
revealed and public input will be solicited and considered for the
final plan.

This park has the potential to be an amazing place to bike - with
fantastic terrain and views.

There are some real concerns in regards to Mountain Biking in the
park. Not enough trails are being left open to Mountain Biking, not
enough are being planned as "technical singletrack". There are
access issues and some potential user conflict issues with the way
that trails have been laid out as well. I'm afraid that many of the
trails will be wide open NEARLY paved roads...not too exciting on a
Mountain Bike.

Please attend - listen carefully and VOICE YOUR CONCERNS when given
the opportunity!

There were quite a few comments from people at the last meeting that
there should be more hiking only trails. These comments, in the big
picture over all of the meetings, do not accurately reflect the
opinions of most of those that have participated (multiuse comments
have outnumbered the restrict bikes/hiking only comments by a 5:1
margin. However, if we aren't there to remind them, we may see a lot
more restrictions on biking. Your VOCAL presence at this next
meeting is sorely needed! Every cyclist attending needs to stand up
and comment that we need well-constructed MULTIUSE trails & that
cyclists conceded one hiking-only trail in the split up groups
(remember, the comments were 5:1 for all mulitiuse) since there
seemed to be enough support for one.

5:00pm Wednesday 5 March
West Center for Intergenerational Learning
(West Junior High School)
25 North 20th Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80904