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JCOS Gets Trail Courtesy GOCO Grant

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From Jefferson County Colorado Parks Insights, 10/15/2018

 

JCOS, in partnership with City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), recently received a $100,000 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) to study trail conflicts and the potential to reduce trail conflicts through effective, persuasive signage with unified messaging among the three agencies.

The two-year study will look at the effectiveness of trail courtesy signage and will ultimately form a plan for promoting responsible trail usage. The study will be conducted at North Table Mountain Park, Marshall Mesa, and Eldorado Canyon State Park. The long-range plan is to encourage other agencies in Colorado to review the study and potentially adopt similar language and signage.

Congratulations to our own Jefferson County Open Space staffers for their dedication and insight into trying to make everyone’s visit to our parks enjoyable and meaningful!

JCOS & the Climbing Community Re-bolt North Table

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From the Jefferson County Colorado Parks Insights, 10/15/2018:

  Rock climbers who use Jeffco Open Space Parks will be delighted to hear that on September 29, more than 40 volunteers came together to replace aged and deteriorating climbing hardware at the Golden Cliffs climbing area of North Table Mountain. The event was sponsored by the Boulder Climbing Community, Foothills Climbing Community, Access Fund, American Safe Climbing Association, and JCOS.

JCOS contributed 100 bolts and hangers, and the partners contributed another 114 for a total of 214 bolts and hangers replaced across 41 individual routes. This was the largest single re-bolting event that any of these organizations have completed, according to the Insights newsletter. The new stainless steel hardware will likely not need to be replaced for another 40-50 years and will provide much more reliable fall protection.

If you’re planning a guided rock or ice climbing adventure, check out the permitting required at https://www.jeffco.us/1512/Permits-Reservations. To view the overall regulations that govern access to Jeffco Open Space Parks, go to https://www.jeffco.us/1583/Regulations.