09-14-2024, 10:23 AM
(09-12-2024, 04:03 PM)St.Kate of the Canyon Wrote: Oy! The Left Hand Watershed is already over used. The spill over of mountain bike enthusiasts from Buckingham continues to move westward. Two weekends ago the Ceran St. Vrain Trailhead was so full, (how full was it?) cars with bike-racks were parking on Overland Rd., even on the bridge over the creek. (Fools!) One resident from Crestridge Estates counted 80 cars. I do like the idea that maybe there will be some kind of limits placed on usage of the land. Wonder how it would be enforced? It would be informative to see maps of the areas the study encompasses. They mention connectivity of the roads. Do those roads come up above Jamestown? Do they connect through Balarat and Calwood? Do they go to the Ceran St. Vrain or over to Raymond? Inquiring minds want to know.
Kate - with all due respect, cars with racks does not even come close to being cyclists taking over the Ceran. I am down there almost every day with my dogs, and see very little evidence of bike traffic/tire tracks. Ceran traffic is almost exclusively hiker traffic, and if you think MTBers want to deal with running into hikers every 10 feet on any trail, you would be wrong. If it is ridden, it is generally in the winter by fat bikers (if conditions are good, and this is not often - and better riding at Peaceful Valley/Sourdough/Brainard which are very close and worth the drive for folks who live on the flats) and some infrequent Miller rock rides, by a small group of users.