{"id":26832,"date":"2024-07-02T01:17:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T07:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-trails-group-announces-completion-of-pavilion-at-aqueduct-trailhead\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:46:09","slug":"mancos-trails-group-announces-completion-of-pavilion-at-aqueduct-trailhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-trails-group-announces-completion-of-pavilion-at-aqueduct-trailhead\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos Trails Group announces completion of pavilion at Aqueduct trailhead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a8aa16b4-32a6-576c-b533-8f20e6d0f4ce&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1256\" alt=\"The newly built pavilion at Aqueduct trailhead near Mancos. A changing area, picnic table and bike rack were also installed. (Don Hoffheins\/Courtesy Photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The newly built pavilion at Aqueduct trailhead near Mancos. A changing area, picnic table and bike rack were also installed. (Don Hoffheins\/Courtesy Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Mancos Trails Group on Wednesday announced the completion of a project to install a pavilion at the trailhead of the Aqueduct trail system. The group was the recipient of a grant from the LOR Foundation in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pavilion provides needed shade at the larger, or \u2018main\u2019, trailhead,\u201d said Don Hoffheins, chairman for the Mancos Trails Group. \u201cBecause of the low elevation of the trail system, 6,800 to 7,200 feet, temperatures can get pretty hot in the summer. Having shade at the beginning or end of trail activities will give trail users welcome respite from the heat.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"naviga-map\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=37.3588231%2C-108.3343776&amp;z=15&amp;output=embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Map\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>The pavilion includes a picnic table and a changing room nearby for bikers to freshen up after their ride, the news release said. A bike workstation was also donated by Jimbo Fairley, so bikers can do necessary repairs before hitting the trail again. A bike rack was donated by Anthony Mestas, who was a builder on the pavilion.<\/p>\n<p>The Mancos Trails Group adopted the trails and trailhead for long-term maintenance purposes, the release said. In 2022, the group received numerous grants and individual and business donations and was named \u201cProject of the Year\u201d by Mancos Valley Resources.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=60fc8cc0-fe20-5f1b-92b8-eb3a9298bd40&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1126\" alt=\"A changing room was constructed alongside the new pavilion at the Aqueduct trail head near Mancos. (Don Hoffheins\/Courtesy Photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A changing room was constructed alongside the new pavilion at the Aqueduct trail head near Mancos. (Don Hoffheins\/Courtesy Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=84cf37e3-d3f1-594a-a1a1-6b062d966525&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1673\" height=\"1115\" alt=\"A plaque recognizing the LOR Foundation\u2019s contribution to the new pavilion. (Don Hoffheins\/Courtesy Photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A plaque recognizing the LOR Foundation\u2019s contribution to the new pavilion. (Don Hoffheins\/Courtesy Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>\u201cWe supported the grant application from MTG because the Aqueduct trail system is a very popular project with residents of Cortez, as well as Mancos, Dolores and beyond Montezuma County,\u201d said Nicci Crowley of the LOR Foundation. \u201cMany of the volunteers for MTG who helped build the Aqueduct trail system reside in Cortez.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The LOR Foundation \u201cgrants funds for charitable and educational purposes,\u201d the release said. They work with rural communities in the mountain west \u201cto enhance livability and prosperity while preserving the character that makes each community unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The grant to fund this project totaled $19,950 for materials and construction. The Mancos Trails Groups thanked Crowley in the release. \u201cNicci is so friendly and made the LOR grant process extremely easy, it was a pleasure to work with her,\u201d Hoffheins said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>pavilion construction was funded by a grant from the LOR Foundation in 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-26832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79491,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26832\/revisions\/79491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26832"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=26832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}