Regulations to Help Larimer County’s Devil’s Backbone Us Serve You Open Lands Program Open spaces are managed for diverse Larimer County’s Open Open Space habitats and the wildlife they support. Lands Program is funded Regulations protect you and the natural by a ¼-cent Help Preserve resources of the open spaces. Open Spaces sales tax. The Blue Sky Trail This tax started in 1996 u Day use only ~ closed sunset to sunrise following a citizens’ u No rock climbing allowed initiative to acquire u No dogs on Rimrock Trail or and manage open Larimer County’s Ridge Natural Area ~ on all other spaces. The Open Lands Parks and Open Spaces areas, pets must be kept on leash Program works with willing landowners u No parking outside of parking lots to preserve and protect properties through Big Thompson Parks Bingham Hill Park Carter Lake County Park Trail Backbone Open Space and Blue Sky Devil’s Nest Open Space Eagle’s Flatiron Reservoir County Park Area Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Hermit Park Open Space Horsetooth Mountain Open Space Horsetooth Reservoir County Park Trail Valley Lions Open Space and Pleasant Pinewood Reservoir County Park Ramsay-Shockey Open Space Red Mountain Open Space Open Space River Bluffs u fee simple and conservation easement Know and respect trail closures To Windsor 392

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Devil’s Backbone Coyote Ridge Blue Sky Soderberg Lory State Park Visitor Center Devil’s Backbone ~ 8.8 ~ 8.4 ~ 9.6 ~ 15.0 Please recycle Coyote Ridge ~ 8.8 ~ 6.6 ~ 7.8 ~ 13.2

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