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Park service taking comment to help shape plan
Multi-use trails could help ease congestion in Rocky Mountain National Park.
By Summit Voice
FRISCO — Rocky Mountain National Park planners are taking comment on a plan for a multi-use trail system that would extend approximately 15.5 miles from the Fall River Entrance to Sprague Lake, with potential connections to three visitor centers, three campgrounds, and numerous hiker shuttle stops.
The trail update is based on a 2009 feasibility study that looked at the developed eastern portion of the park. The current study will examine the possible options for the multi-use trail alignments and analyze potential environmental impacts.
The new park trail system could connect with trails being developed in the Estes Valley, helping to reduce traffic congestion, and to evaluate multimodal options (including connections to the shuttle system) along the developed corridor of roads on the east side of the park. If constructed, the trail would be located outside designated wilderness. (more…)
Filed under: Colorado, Environment, national parks, public lands | Tagged: Colorado, Estes Park Colorado, National Park Service, NPS Planning, Rocky Mountain National Park, Sprague Lake | Leave a Comment »
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