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Boulder Falls to close for the season on Nov. 1
Oct 21st
“Our concern is for the safety of visitors to the site,” said Land and Visitor Services Division Manager Jim Reeder. “Winter and spring are the seasons during which the freeze and thaw tends to loosen rocks on the slopes above the trail.”
Snow and ice can also make the trail very dangerous to hikers in winter. OSMP will use times of clear weather this fall for maintenance on the man-made stone structures that help protect the trail from falling rocks. Some of the protective structures sustained damage last spring and will be rebuilt. OSMP is planning to do annual scaling of the drainage above the trail next April before the trail is opened.
The trail was originally closed in the spring of 2009 due to a rock fall that severely injured a visitor. Boulder Falls will reopen on May 1. The closing and opening dates coincide with the closure of the summit of Flagstaff Mountain.
SOURCE: CITY OF BOULDER PRESS RELEASE
For more information, visit www.osmp.org or call 303-441-3440.
Ned forestry dump to close
Oct 20th
Residents may drop off logs, branches and slash, including “hot” beetle-infested wood Tuesday-Saturday during the hours of 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Oct. 30.
The site is located at 286 Ridge Road, north of Nederland off of the Peak-to-Peak Highway.
Due to the ongoing fire ban, Boulder County has been unable to burn slash at the sort yard and has accumulated a large pile of branches that will need to be chipped. Residents living close to the sort yard should expect to hear grinding operations at some point during the first two weeks of November and are thanked for their patience during the end-of-season sort yard cleanup. Grinding is anticipated to take one or two days, but may take longer.
The Nederland site had a successful first year of operation, taking in more than 600 individual loads of biomass. The yard has seen a noticeable increase in the number of people creating better defensible space around their homes since the Fourmile Canyon wildfire.
Despite recent wetter weather, forests remain extremely dry and the chance of wildfire remains high. Long-term weather forecasts are predicting a windier-than-average winter and residents are advised to remain vigilant about creating better defensible space around their homes.
“The Chinook winds that are predicted this winter combined with our extremely dry forests means that fire danger will remain high,” said Ryan Ludlow, Outreach Forester with the Boulder County Land Use Department. “Right now is the best time of year to create better defensible space and protect your home against future fires.”
The community forestry sort yard program was established to give residents a free-of-charge place to dispose of wood cut on private lands, to remove hazardous beetle-killed trees, to improve defensible space around homes, and to create a healthier forest ecosystem. The Nederland sort yard is anticipated to reopen in the spring.
For more information, visit www.bouldercounty.org/foresthealth, call Ryan Ludlow at 720-564-2641, or email pinebeetle@bouldercounty.org.
SOURCE: Boulder County news release
Thursday Night Cruisers
Aug 6th
Jann Scott rides again with the Thursday Night Cruisers, through the streets of Downtown Boulder.