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Detour, updates for popular trail in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of Colorado Springs’ most popular trails is looking different these days. Led by local nonprofit Rocky Mountain Field Institute (RMFI), a volunteer crew recently hauled wood to Seven Bridges Trail to replace decking boards…
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‘Best office in the world’: Busy summer of trail work on Colorado 14ers
Five years ago, Carl Woody’s first job out of grad school took him to the slopes of Pikes Peak. “Best office in the world right there,” said the program director with Colorado Springs nonprofit Rocky Mountain Field Institute. His task: to build a new trail to the top of the peak above 14,000 feet. It’s…
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New trail on Pikes Peak continues push toward tree line
Crews recently concluded another season of work on a new trail to the top of Pikes Peak. Progress has been measured since 2019, when nonprofit Rocky Mountain Field Institute (RMFI) took up the U.S. Forest Service’s long-eyed mission to replace and restore an eroded, hazardous section of the Devil’s Playground Trail on the backside of…
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New trail to the top of Pikes Peak gets major funding: ‘Super stoked’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Years-long work on a new trail to the top of Pikes Peak will go into the summer with a head of steam. That’ll be in the form of funding that Rocky Mountain Field Institute (RMFI) Executive Director Jolie NeSmith described as a relief. “Super stoked,”…
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New trail to the top of Pikes Peak gets major funding: ‘Super stoked’
Years-long work on a new trail to the top of Pikes Peak will go into the summer with a head of steam. That’ll be in the form of funding that Rocky Mountain Field Institute (RMFI) Executive Director Jolie NeSmith described as a relief. “Super stoked,” she said of $250,000 recently announced from Colorado Parks and…