Colorado

Colorado: Statewide Regional Fourteeners Maintenance

The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) was established in 1994. CFI is the nation’s leading high altitude trail-building, terrain-restoration, and visitor-education organization. Photo shows work crew hauling rock at 14,000 ft. elevation. 2021 CRT Award Winner "Maintenance and Rehabilitation" Category Photo credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado Fourteeners Initiative

Colorado: Statewide Regional Fourteeners Maintenance

The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) was established in 1994. CFI is the nation’s leading high altitude trail-building, terrain-restoration, and visitor-education organization. Work crew shown building log stairs for hiker safety and environmental conservation. 2021 CRT Award Winner "Maintenance and Rehabilitation" Category Photo credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado Fourteeners Initiative

Colorado: McPhee Overlook Trail

This project required an easement across private property to access the San Juan National Forest. Labor was provided by the Southwest Conservation Corps, Southwest Colorado Cycling Association, and Mesa Verde Backcountry Horsemen, with additional funding from the National Forest Foundation. 2018 CRT Award Winner - Public-Private Partnerships Enhancing Public Lands Access and Use Photo credit: Conservation Legacy

Colorado: McPhee Overlook Trail

This project required an easement across private property to access the San Juan National Forest. Labor was provided by the Southwest Conservation Corps, Southwest Colorado Cycling Association, and Mesa Verde Backcountry Horsemen, with additional funding from the National Forest Foundation. 2018 CRT Award Winner - Public-Private Partnerships Enhancing Public Lands Access and Use Photo credit: Conservation Legacy

Colorado: Grays Peak National Recreation Trail

Information boards at Grays Peak National Recreation Trail along the Continental Divide Photo credit: Xnatedawgx

Colorado: Bear Creek Trail

Steel bridge along the Bear Creek National Recreation Trail in Lakewood Photo credit: Stuart Macdonald for American Trails

Colorado: Big Dry Creek Trail

Colorado: Big Dry Creek Trail art on an underpass. Photo credit: Hans T. Reichgelt

Colorado: Big Dry Creek Trail

Big Dry Creek Trail art on a retaining wall Photo credit: Hans T. Reichgelt

A. Maintenance and Restoration

Restoration of the Greeley No. 2 Canal Trail in Windsor, Colorado included concrete surfacing. Photo credit: Stuart Macdonald for American Trails

Colorado: Rampart Range OHV Recreation Area

Trailhead under construction for motorized recreation area Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, South Platte Ranger District 2010 Coalition for Recreational Trails Award Winner

G. Education for Safety and Environmental Protection

Colorado: Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado Training A VOC Instructor demonstrates tool safety and construction techniques during a Crew Leadership training. Photo credit: Whitefish Lake Institute

Colorado: Riverfront Trail System in Mesa County

This recreational outdoor trail lines the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers to create a contingous path between the City of Fruita, through the City of Grand Junction, to the Town of Palisade. Photo credit: Stuart Macdonald for American Trails

H. Administration

Colorado: State Recreational Trails Committee Site visit on ATVs for members of State trails advisory committee. Photo credit: Stuart Macdonald for American Trails

Colorado: Great Western Trail

Crushed rock surface on rail trail between Severance and Windsor, CO Photo credit: Stuart Macdonald

Colorado: San Juan National Forest

Snow groomer purchased by the Wolf Creek Trailblazers for use in the San Juan National Forest and surrounding areas, Colorado Photo credit: Tim Batchelor

Colorado: Crestone Needle

Route construction and restoration on the 14,000-foot Crestone Needle Photo credit: Rocky Mountain Field Institute

Colorado: Ellingwood Point Trail

Earth Corps students working on the Blanca Peak and Ellingwood Point Trail Project 2015 CRT Award Winner: "Construction and Design" Category Blanca Peak and Ellingwood Point Trail Project Photo credit: Rocky Mountain Field Institute

Colorado: Big Dry Creek Trail

Big Dry Creek Trail crosses under a major road in a box culvert; City of Westminster, CO Photo credit: Stuart Macdonald for American Trails

D. Construction of New Recreational Trails

Concrete trail construction on the Cache La Poudre River Trail in the City of Greeley, CO Photo credit: Stuart Macdonald for American Trails

F. Assessment of Trail Conditions

Assessment of trail conditions for improving hiking routes on Colorado "Fourteener" peaks Photo credit: Colorado Fourteeners Initiative