By Calen Vickers Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers With increased funding opportunities brought about by the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020, many nonprofit organizations have been able to grow and expand their reach. For the first time, Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) was able to hire a professional team of three trail workers. In partnership […]
Trail Notes
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Trail Notes: Know what you like
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Special to The Sopris Sun Nature Note: Finding the new in the familiar Even in a place as beautiful and varied as the Roaring Fork Valley, even in the height of summer, it’s easy to fall into habits that tug us back to the same places in the same way. […]
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Trail Notes: Alpine dreamin’
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Special to The Sopris Sun Too many people? Now that the snow’s gone from everywhere but the highest peaks, everyone’s getting out to see spectacular alpine vistas and wildflowers. With many more people visiting the outdoors than ever before, and considering the fragility of alpine environments, it’s important to ask […]
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Trail Notes: It’s spring, why not plant trees?
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Special to The Sopris Sun It’s always fun to put something into the ground and watch it grow, but Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) only plants trees occasionally…join us at Lazy Glen on June 21 to plant 100 cottonwoods! Typically, tree planting is reserved for locations in which soil and […]
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Trail Notes: It’s stewardship season
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Special to The Sopris Sun Nature Note: Creative destruction Two weeks ago, while Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers and U.S. Forest Service staff were scouting Glenwood Canyon’s Grizzly Creek Trail to scope out landslide damage and necessary repairs to the trail, we found an entirely new stream! It was likely created […]
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Red Hill options grow with usage
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Red Hill — its trails and views — has become one the most popular spots around to enjoy a vista of Mount Sopris. Last year, the Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area, as the site is officially known, counted approximately 65,000 visitors. As use increases, so do potential challenges for […]
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Trail Notes: July 22, 2021
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) Know-how… hitchhiking seeds Many types of plants have specially adapted their seeds to more easily attach to passing animals… humans included! These sneaky hitchhikers can find their way onto your shoes, socks, pants, pets or backpacks. And then — on your next hike — they can drop down into […]
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Trail Notes – July 8, 2021
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Trail Knowhow Drones or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are fully prohibited from launching, landing or being operated within all designated wilderness areas within the United States. Beyond serving as a source of noise pollution that can disrupt the experiences of other visitors and the habitat quality of resident wildlife, UAS […]
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Trail Notes – June 24, 2021
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Trail Know-how Temperatures continue to rise, wind is persistent and precipitation is absent: Garfield, Eagle, Pitkin and Gunnison counties have instituted stage one fire restrictions for all state, federal, private, incorporated and unincorporated lands within their respective areas. Stage one fire restrictions prohibit campfires in undeveloped sites, outdoor smoking and […]
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RFOV Trail Notes – June 10, 2021
By Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers Special to The Sopris Sun Trail Know-how Ever walked along a trail and seen rocks lined-up leading right off the edge? Why are those pesky rocks there? Are they installed by mischievous trail crews just to trip unsuspecting hikers? In reality, these are a feature (not a problem) of the […]