Watch the CORE Trail Crew crunch an abandoned camper on public land with a mini-excavator! The Crew cleaned the entire area, and you would never know it was there. Watch the video for the carnage! Keep our trails open and our public land pristine!
Tomichi Pass Trail Work
Tomichi Pass needed some work to keep the trail open. The CORE Trail Crew was up to the task and hand-dug the trail wider and rebuilt the outside edge of the slope. Follow the project to what 200 volunteer hours can do to #keeptrailsopen
Hoffman Park Field Trip
NFSR 230 in the Salida District goes up the Middle Fork of the South Arkansas Drainage. Two side trails were almost closed, and were slated for closure in the Draft Decision of the PSI Travel Managment Process. We were able to save Hoffman Park (NFSR 230.C) and Cemetary (NFSR 230.B) from closure. Watch the video to see how and why there were converted to Full-Size Motorized Trails and kept open to the public.
Trails Report #12
Stay. On. The Trail. There have been repeated issues around Colorado of users going off-trail around obstacles and around snow. This behavior can not continue. See the video below.
Napoleon Pass (upper road) - Open
Tomichi Pass - Open
Italian Creek - Open
Hagerman Pass - Open
Hermit Pass - Open to the last switchback
Tincup Pass, Hancock Pass, Tomichi Pass and other are open!
Watch the video for the latest report. You can now enjoy Mt. Princeton, Tincup Pass, Hancock Pass, Mineral Basin, most of Jones Mountain and Tomichi Pass for the summer 2023!
Trails Report #11 - 2023
A quick trail work project on Grizzly Lake and a Tincup Pass snow update. Plus other trails have opened! Bill Moore Lake is open! Taylor Pass is open! Mount Antero is open! Mount White is Open!
Here are the trails we know are open:
Holy Cross - Open to the City
Marshall Pass - Open
Medano Pass - Open
Slaughterhouse - Open
Bunce - Open
Kelly Flats - Open
Ironclads - Open
Switzerland - Open
Mineral Basin - Open
Aspen Ridge - Open
Clohesy Lake - Open
Slide Lake - Open
Grizzly Lake - Open
Mount Antero - Open
Mount White - Open
Taylor Pass - Open
Bill Moore Lake - Open
Red Elephant - Open
Spring Creek - Open
Hagerman Pass - Open to about 11,400' on the Leadville side.
Tincup Pass - Open to just below the summit (St. Elmo side), Mirror Lake is impassable on the Tincup Side
Hancock Pass - Open to just above Treeline (St. Elmo side), guys working towards the summit on Pitkin side.
Pomeroy Lake - Open
Hancock Lake - Open
Baldwin Lake - Open
Champion Mill - Open to above the mill
Iron Mike - Open to above treeline
Flag Mountain - Open
Italian Creek - Not passable yet over the divide
Trails Report #10 - 2023
Cumberland Pass is now open! The Hancock Lake Trail and the Pomeroy Lakes Trails are both now open! Watch the video for all the updates. Subscribe: / @keeptrailsopen
Here are the trails we know are open:
Holy Cross - Open to the City
Marshall Pass - Open
Medano Pass - Open
Rampart Range - Open
Slaughterhouse - Open
Fourmile (BV) - Open
Bunce - Open
Kelly Flats - Open
Ironclads - Open
Switzerland - Open
Rainbow Falls - Open
Chinaman - Open
Carnage - Open
Mineral Basin - Open for about 6 miles
Aspen Ridge - Open
Clohesy Lake - Open
Slide Lake - Open to about 11,300'
Grizzly Lake - Open!
Mount Antero - Open to lower switchbacks
Tincup Pass - Open to just below the summit (St. Elmo side), Mirror Lake is impassable on the Tincup Side
Hancock Pass - Open to Treeline (St. Elmo side), open to above treeline on Pitkin side.
Pomeroy Lake - Open
Hancock Lake - Open
Baldwin Lake - Open
Hancock Townsite - Open
Northfork - Open, Open to Billings Lake
Hayden Pass - Open
Weston Pass - Open!
Spring Creek - Open
Saxon Mountain - Open
Cascade Creek - Open
Champion Mill - Open
Iron Mike - Open to treeline
Cumberland Pass - Open!
San Juans
Animas Forks - Open
Yankee Boy - Open
Cinnamon Pass - Open
Engineer - Open!
Ophir - Open to the top on San Juan County Side
other plowing operations are underway; watch for updates.
Cumberland Pass is Open!
Cumberland Pass is open for Jeeps, moto, UTV and ATV! Silver Plume and friends from Pitkin shoveled yesterday and today for UTVs and we cut it a bit wider for full-size to get through. It’s open all the way from Pitkin to Tincup. FYI, wouldn’t recommend a dually or a big truck.
Trails Report #9 - 2023
Grizzly Lake is open for the season! Clohesy Lake is open for the season! Baldwin Lake is open to the lake. Marshall pass is open for the season! Subscribe: / @keeptrailsopen
Holy Cross is still closed from 6/5 - 6/16 for road work.
Here are the trails we know are open:
Marshall Pass - Open
Medano Pass - Open
Rampart Range - Open
Slaughterhouse - Open
Fourmile (BV) - Open
Bunce - Open
Kelly Flats - Open I
ronclads - Open
Switzerland - Open
Rainbow Falls - Open
Chinaman - Open
Carnage - Open
Mineral Basin - Open for about 6 miles
Aspen Ridge - Open
Clohesy Lake - Open
Hagerman - Open for about 2 miles past Winsor Lake Trailhead (Leadville side)
Slide Lake - Open to about 11,300'
Lost Canyon - Open for 6 miles
Grizzly Lake - Open!
Mount Antero - Open to lower switchbacks T
incup - Open to Treeline (St. Elmo side)
Hancock Pass - Open to Treeline (St. Elmo side) with deep snow.
Hancock Townsite - Open
Northfork - Open, Open to Billings Lake with deep snow on the road.
Hayden Pass - Open
Weston Pass - Open to the top on the Fairplay side
Spring Creek - Open
Saxon Mountain - Open
Cascade Creek - Open
Champion Mill - Open to the mill
Iron Mike - Open to treeline
Cumberland Pass - Open to 11,200' on Tincup Side, Open past the Napolean intersection Pitkin side.
West Alpine Tunnel - Open 6 miles to past Williams Gulch Water Tank.
San Juans
Animas Forks - Open Y
ankee Boy - Open
Cinnamon Pass - Open
Engineer - Open!
Ophir - Open to top on San Juan County Side
other plowing operations are underway; watch for updates.
Trails Report #8 - 2023
Lots of trail info this week!
Mirror Lake still has some ice on it still and deep snow above the lake covering Tincup Pass. You can get to past the Williams Gulch Water tank on West Alpine Tunnel but it's blocked by snow below the damaged Palisade. Marshall Pass Gates are open, snow drift still at the summit. Hagerman Pass on the Leadville side is open for about 2 miles above the Windsor Lake Trailhead. Slide Lake is open to 11.300'. Hermit Pass is open to about 11,400' and blocked by deep snow. Cloverdale Mine is open to just past the cabins. Northfork is open and if can handle the deep snow like Mile-Hi you can get to Billings Lake.
Saxon Mountain is Open.
Holy Cross is still closed from 6/5 - 6/16 for road work.
Halfmoon Creek flow report is also attached!
Here are the trails we know are open:
Medano Pass - Open
Rampart Range - Open
Slaughterhouse - Open
Fourmile (BV) - Open
Bunce - Open
Kelly Flats - Open
Ironclads - Open
Switzerland - Open
Rainbow Falls - Open
Chinaman - Open
Carnage - Open
Mineral Basin - Open for about 6 miles
Aspen Ridge - Open
Clohesy Lake - Open to the meadow (end of MVUM)
Hagerman - Open for about 2 miles past Winsor Lake Trailhead (Leadville side)
Slide Lake - Open to about 11,300'
Lost Canyon - Open for 6 miles
Grizzly Lake - Open for about 2.5 miles
Mount Antero - Open to lower switchbacks
Tincup - Open for 4.5 miles (St. Elmo side); snow on the road after that point.
Hancock Townsite - Open
Hancock Pass - Open for .5 miles (St Elmo side), deep snow on road.
Northfork - Open, Open to Billings Lake with deep snow on the road.
Hayden Pass - Open
Weston Pass - Open to the top on the Fairplay side
Spring Creek - Open
Saxon Mountain - Open
Cascade Creek - Open
Champion Mill - Open to the mill, see flow report for creek
Iron Mike - Open to treeline
Cumberland Pass - Open to 11,200' on Tincup Side, Open 5.5 miles (Pitkin Side)
West Alpine Tunnel - Open 6 miles to past Williams Gulch Water Tank.
San Juans
Animas Forks - Open
Yankee Boy - Open
Cinnamon Pass - Open
Engineer - Open to top from Lake City Side
Ophir - Open to top on San Juan County Side
other plowing operations are underway; watch for updates.