Summit County Citizens Voice

Trail Number 43, along the east side of the Blue River inlet, needs a new name.

White River NF Travel plan implementation set for this spring

SUMMIT COUNTY — As the White River National Forest starts implementing the new travel management plan, numerous user-created social trails will formally be added to the forest trail system — and some of them need names.

Some trails already have informal names, given by neighborhood users over the years, and those will generally be adopted by the Forest Service, but about 100 trails are as-yet un-named, and the Dillon Ranger District is accepting suggestions through April 1.

In a press release, the district offered a few suggestions for names, saying that natural features, as well as geographic or historic landmarks, are suitable fodder for names, while naming a trail after oneself or for a friend is probably not appropriate. Crooked Creek, Twisted Pine or Bloated Goat could all work (hypothetical examples), while Joe’s Trail, or the Wilson’s Shoe Store Trail are not acceptable. Obscene or controversial names would not be considered.

The public is invited to submit name recommendations to the Dillon Ranger District on or before April 1, 2012. Get more information on travel plan implementation at this WRNF web page.

All the trails can viewed from the list below; just click on the map links and send the trail number, suggested name and reason, along with a name, phone number, e-mail, and mailing address to: Ken Waugh, Dillon Ranger District, PO Box 620 Silverthorne, CO 80498; via FAX to (970) 468-7735, or via email to wrnf_scoping_comments@fs.fed.us.

For more information contact Ken Waugh at 970-262-3446 or kwaugh@fs.fed.usfs

MAP LINKS

Map 1 Soda Creek
Map 2 Iron Springs
Map 3 Swan Mountain
Map 4 Mount Royal
Map 5 Mesa Cortina/Wildernest
Map 6 Salt Lick/Ryans Gulch
Map 7 Pioneer Creek
Map 8 Eisenhower Tunnel
Map 10 Spring Creek
Map 11 Keystone Gulch
Map 12 Harrigan Creek
Map 13 Frey Gulch
Map 14 Peru Creek
Map 15 Colorado Trail
Map 16 Georgia Pass/ French Pass
Map 17 Boreas Pass Road
Map 18 Boreas Pass East
Map 19 Pennsylvania / Fredonia
Map 20 Hoosier Pass

Map 21 Peak 6
Map 22 Crystal Lake
Map 23 Barton Gulch
Map 24 Swan Mountain Rec Area
Map 25 Straight Creek
Map 26 Willow Creek
Map 27 Town of Blue River Area
Map 28 Heaton Bay
Map 29 Dillon Reservoir Inlet

Filed under: Colorado, Dillon Ranger District, Summit County Colorado, US Forest Service, White River National Forest Tagged: | Dillon Ranger District, Forest Service, Summit County Colorado, travel managment plan, White River National Forest