{"id":52185,"date":"2020-08-13T09:50:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rockslide-knocks-out-portion-of-continental-divide-trail\/"},"modified":"2020-08-13T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:50:18","slug":"rockslide-knocks-out-portion-of-continental-divide-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rockslide-knocks-out-portion-of-continental-divide-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockslide knocks out portion of Continental Divide Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=06ae8f69-1e10-4b8e-aac9-383a9151bac6&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1778\" alt=\"The U.S. Forest Service said a rockslide knocked out about 30 feet of the Continental Divide Trail west of Wolf Creek Pass.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The U.S. Forest Service said a rockslide knocked out about 30 feet of the Continental Divide Trail west of Wolf Creek Pass.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of U.S. Forest Service<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Hikers looking to complete the Continental Divide Trail this year may have just been dealt a significant blow, as a recent rockslide on a portion of the trail in the San Juan Mountains has been wiped out by a rockslide.<\/p>\n<p>Esther Godson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service, said a rockslide near South River Peak has covered about 30 feet of the trail, creating significant exposure and instability as the slide continues to shift.<\/p>\n<p>The Forest Service, as a result, is \u201cstrongly advising trail users to avoid this section of trail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe section of trail is completely impassable for (livestock) users and very dangerous for hikers,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Continental Divide Trail is an ambitious 3,100-mile trek for thru-hikers that follows the U.S.\u2019s continental divide across five states: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The closure near South River Peak is west of Wolf Creek Pass, just north of the Weminuche Wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>Godson said Forest Service crews will not be able to fix the trail this year because of its location, the expected continued shifting and the potential growth of the rockslide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSigns will be posted at common access points and trailheads to this area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Godson said there are a few National Forest System trails in the area that thru-hikers could use as alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever \u2026 they are limited and would create wide detours,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jromeo@durangoherald.com\">jromeo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Service advises hikers to avoid area west of Wolf Creek Pass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,658,29,199,549,1924],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-52185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-hiking","tag-newsletter","tag-san-juan-national-forest","tag-united-states-forest-service","tag-weminuche-wilderness"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52185","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=52185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52185"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=52185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}