Good Morning All,

 

The US Forest Service is holding an open house TONIGHT, Wednesday June 24,  from 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. to discuss the South Rampart Travel Management Plan.  This plan covers the area from essentially the Blodgett Peak area north into Douglas County, east of highway 67 to the edge of the Front Range.

 

The Travel Management Plan is intended to address motorized and non-motorized uses (trails and roads) in the area and will have a lasting impact on the future of this area.

 

Medicine Wheel has suggested to the USFS that the area from Rampart Reservoir north to Mt Herman Road be considered as a "recommended mountain biking area", which may even include closing some access to motorized uses.  This suggested area includes the trail around the reservoir, but also extends to Shubarth trail, the Deadman's area, Stanley Reservoir,  and potentially connects all the way to the town of Monument and the Mt Herman trails.  If you haven't seen or ridden this area, it's definitely worth a trip, as it contains some of the most spectacular and un-crowded alpine terrain within a short drive of the Springs.

 

Please show up at the open house and support the designation of this area for mountain biking use.

 

It's an open house format, so you can attend at any time from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  It's at the Coronado High School, Commons, 1590 W. Fillmore St.

 

You can see a copy of the scoping letter outlining the process here:   http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/projects/pp_ramp/final_scoping_rampart.pdf

 

Thanks!

 

Jim Schwerin Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates, Inc. Phone & Fax - 719-633-0025 jim@...