We're almost finished with Zipline!

 

This Wednesday, August 12 at 5:30 pm, Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates is holding a trail building day near Bear Creek Canyon in Colorado Springs.   We've been working on the trail since May and, while Zipline now connects through, there's a lot of detail work still to be done.  Please come down and help us finish up.

 

No previous trail building experience is needed. Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates will provide all the tools and trained crew leaders.

 

Please meet us on Bear Creek Road, just up from the large green water tank, starting at 5:30 pm.   Click here for a Google Map to the parking area.

 

PLEASE RSVP to jim@... if you plan to attend.

 

We look forward to working together with you to finish this newest trail addition to the city parks.

 

NOTE: Due to Safety and liability concerns we ask you to please leave your children and dogs at home (or another suitable location that will care for them while you’re out having fun building trail)

 

Project Background

The Zipline Trail in West Bear Creek Park

In early 2009, the City of Colorado Springs granted Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates, Inc. the approval to build a new trail at the far west end of Bear Creek Park. This new trail will provide users with a great way to connect a number of other trail systems in the area with little or no use of surface roads. It also eliminates the need for users to be on one of the narrowest parts of Gold Camp Road while transitioning between trails. Plus, the new trail has incredible views and some very interesting sandstone rock features.

 

The area is located at the far west end of Bear Creek Park (which is owned by El Paso County) where a chunk of land tucked into the crook of Gold Camp Road is actually owned by the city of Colorado Springs. This property lies at the junction of several critical trails: Bear Creek Canyon, the Section 16 trailhead, Bear Creek Park, the Chamberlain Trail, and Gold Camp Road. The basic idea is to tie all these elements together with a couple of miles of new multi-use trail, designed with mountain bikes, hikers, runners, and long-term sustainability in mind.

 

For a map of the trail click here

 

For more details on the MWTA web page, click here

 

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