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Zipline Stephanie's Trail in West Bear Creek Park
In early 2009, the City of Colorado Springs granted Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates, Inc. the approval to build a new trail at the far west end of Bear Creek Park. This new trail will provide users with a great way to connect a number of other trail systems in the area with little or no use of surface roads. It also eliminates the need for users to be on one of the narrowest parts of Gold Camp Road while transitioning between trails. Plus, the new trail has incredible views and some very interesting sandstone rock features.
Help Us Finish It!
No previous trail building experience is needed. Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates will provide all the tools and trained crew leaders.
** We'll announce our next work day on our email list (click here to sign up) .
Please meet us on Bear Creek Road, just west of the large green water tank. Click here for a Google Map to the parking area.
Once you arrive you will be greeted by one of our trained crew leaders, then after an introduction and brief safety talk, guided out to a trail location to begin a great session of trail building.
We look forward to working together with you to help make this stunning piece of trail into reality.
If you plan to attend, please send an email to jim@medwheel.org
NOTE: Due to Safety and liability concerns we ask you to please leave your children and dogs at home (or another suitable location that will care for them while you’re out having fun building trail)
Project Background
In late 2006, we had a vision while riding up Gold Camp Road near Bear Creek Canyon. It may have been lack of air. Who knows? Anyway, we went to the city and asked if we could build some really interesting new trails that would also fill a need. So, here we are in early 2009, the city has given their blessing, and we are under construction.
The area is located at the far west end of Bear Creek Park (which is owned by El Paso County) where a chunk of land tucked into the crook of Gold Camp Road is actually owned by the city of Colorado Springs. This property lies at the junction of several critical trails: Bear Creek Canyon, the Section 16 trailhead, Bear Creek Park, the Chamberlain Trail, and Gold Camp Road. The basic idea is to tie all these elements together with a couple of miles of new multi-use trail, designed with mountain bikes, hikers, runners, and long-term sustainability in mind.
Progress to Date - August 6, 2009
Zipline Stephanie's Trail Completion Goal: End of Summer, 2009
Current Status: Trail build 95% completed, start and end connected. Need to build a bridge over Bear Creek. Finish work on small sections, plus Bonus Loop construction still needed.
Project Timeline: 2 more build days to complete finish work, plus two more to complete Bonus Loop. Projected completion soon To stay up to date, sign up on the MWTA email list.
Trail Maps
Click on the image at right for a larger jpg map --->
(The current trail goes all the way to the Section 16 parking lot, just needs finish work)