The Overlook Trail that will connect Dolores with House Creek and the Boggy Draw trail system has received some donated labor.<\/p>\n
On Dec. 12, Great Outdoors of Colorado awarded Dolores with $25,200 worth of sweat equity from the Southwest Youth Corps Association \u2013 Four Corners.<\/p>\n
Youth crews will camp for four weeks and be responsible for helping to build Dolores\u2019 section of trail from near the cemetery to the canyon rim, about a quarter mile. From there, the San Juan National Forest will build the rest of the 6 miles to the House Creek Campground.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re set up to do our section this summer,\u201d said Dolores Mayor Val Truelsen. \u201cIt looks like there will be at least one switchback, and a lot of brush clearing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trail will pass through a 700-foot permanent easement acquired from a private landowner.<\/p>\n
Chris Bouton, a recreation planner with the San Juan National Forest, said survey work is happening this winter, but trail construction on forest land is a ways off. An archaeology study needs to be done, and it will affect where the trail goes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a fairly high density of archaeology sites, so we want to lay the trail to avoid all of them,\u201d Bouton said. \u201cIt is not an easy place to put a trail, so it will take a little more work.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trail will be completed in phases, he said, and will depend on available funding. Rugged terrain dropping into the House Creek Campground will be especially challenging.<\/p>\n
From there, a trail will parallel the House Creek Road for a short distance, then connect to the Bean Canyon Trail and the larger Boggy Draw network.<\/p>\n
The goal of the Southwest Youth Corps is to employ youths and young adults (ages 14-25) throughout the state on critical outdoor recreation and land conservation projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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