The Cameron Peak fire this past summer was devastating to our forest. Over 208,000 acres of our forest burned and much of the burn was severe. But much of the area suffered less damage and is still beautiful and inviting. The damage will last for generations but with your help we can mitigate the damage and get the trails open again.
At least 20 of our forest trails have been damaged. These trails were in the Comanche Peak and Rawah Wildernesses which are some of the most beautiful areas in the Rocky Mountains. While we cannot restore the trees, we can restore the trails so that the public can once again get in the back country and enjoy the mountains.
This coming summer PWV will be helping the Forest Service to restore the trails to make them safe so that they may be reopened. This effort will take several years but our intent is to be aggressive and get as many trails opened as quickly as we can. At this time, we are unsure of the extent of the damage both due to a lack of access and not knowing what damage may resulted from the spring melt.
PWV plans to have a series of public days where we invite the public to come on the trails and assist in restoring them. The work will involve clearing trees, repairing bridges and drainage work on the trails. Some of the work will be strenuous but much of it will be physical but something the average reasonably in shape adult can safely do. To take part you must be 18 - or 15 with a parent. We do not yet have plans on which trails or what dates we will be working, but as soon as we do we will post it on this site.