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Transportation and Visitor Use Management Action Plan Quandary Peak, McCullough Gulch, and Blue Lakes Trails and Trailheads Transportation and Visitor Use Management Action Plan JUNE, 2021 Prepared for Prepared by Summit County, Colorado Otak, Inc. and RRC Associates Open Space & Trails Department and Partners ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to all the stakeholders, partners and community members that were able to provide their insights, experience, and time to make this project a success. Special thanks to the members of the stakeholder group who attended meetings, interviews, and workshops to collaborate and coordinate on the future of Quandary Peak, McCullough Gulch, and Blue Lakes trails and trailheads. Summit County: Christine Zenel, Brian Lorch, Jim Curnutte, Mark Watson, and Robert Jacobs . United States Forest Service: Cory Richardson, Cynthia Ebbert, Bobbi Filbert, Henry Matthew, Chris Stewart, and Kay Hopkins . Colorado Springs Utilities: Lisa Walters, Kirsta Scherff-Norriss, Maria Pastore, Kurt Fishinger, and Jackie Chambers . Colorado Department of Transportation: Brian Killian and Grant Anderson . Colorado State Patrol: Jared Rapp . Colorado Fourteeners Initiative: Lloyd Athearn . Town of Breckenridge: Anne Lowe . Town of Blue River: Michelle Eddy . Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Elissa Slezak, Jacob Kay, and Tom Davies . National Forest Foundation: Jamie Werner Cover Photo: View from Quandary Peak Trail of Upper Blue Lake Reservoir Photo by Becca Saunders TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Context ....................................... 1 Framework of Strategies and Solutions ................................................ 24 Purpose and Key Challenges ............ 4 Conclusion and Next Steps .............. 31 Project Process ...................................... 6 Interagency Visitor Use Management Framework ... 6 Appendix ................................................ 32 Stakeholder Engagement Process .................................. 7 Overview of Data Collection Efforts ............................. A-1 Project Timeline ......................................................... 7 Intercept Survey & Trail/Vehicle Count...........A-3 Stakeholder Group Members ................................ 8 Neighborhood Survey......................................... A-17 Stakeholder Outreach Meetings .......................... 9 Online Survey ....................................................... A-36 Data Collection ..................................... 13 McCullough Gulch Road Parking Concepts .......... A-39 Project Goals .......................................... 15 Analysis .................................................... 16 Key Findings ............................................................................ 16 Parking Capacity Analysis ................................................ 18 _________________ 1 _________________ View from Quandary Peak Source: Adam Springer hikers. North of the Quandary Peak Trailhead, McCullough Gulch Trailhead is located at the end of McCullough Gulch Road. This trail, which is managed by the USDA Forest Service, offers views PROJECT CONTEXT of waterfalls and the local scenery. Parking for the trailhead is located on McCullough Gulch Road. Located near Breckenridge, CO, Quandary Peak is an Though these trails offer valuable outdoor recreation resources accessible high alpine trail near one of Colorado’s most popular to both local and visiting hikers, the population growth on the mountain towns. Its status as a Fourteener draws interest from Front Range has led to traffic and parking issues throughout the both local and Front Range residents and out-of-state visitors. Quandary area during peak times. Furthermore, COVID-19 has Due to its proximity to nearby towns and its relatively easy compounded visitor use issues by creating even more demand ascent, the peak has gained popularity and is often described as among residents wanting to escape urban areas. Parking lots fill a great introduction to hiking a Fourteener. quickly at the Quandary access points and lead to visitors In addition to the Quandary Peak Trail, the area also attracts seeking undesirable places to park. During popular times, visitors to two other popular destinations. Upper Blue Lake visitors park on both sides of Blue Lakes Road, McCullough Gulch Reservoir, which is owned and operated by Colorado Springs Road, and Highway 9. This unmanaged parking has led to safety Utilities, is used as an informal day use recreation site by visitors challenges for pedestrians and drivers, blocked access for who often park at the dam on Blue Lakes Road. An informal Blue emergency and maintenance vehicles, and created conflicts Lakes Trail that begins at the dam parking lot is also used by between the adjacent neighbors and visitors. Additionally, other trailheads throughout Summit County are seeing similar Other agencies that are directly impacted by the challenges at pressures from visitation, so diverting hikers to other locations is the site include the Town of Blue River, the Colorado Fourteeners not considered a viable management tool. Initiative, the Colorado State Patrol, the Summit County Sheriff’s In addition to conflicts from parking, the increased visitation is Office, and the Summit County Rescue Group. In order to make meaningful change in this region, the interests and needs of ___________________ also impacting natural resources in the area. Sensitive alpine environments are at risk of resource degradation from these stakeholders must be understood. 2 increasing visitor use, such as trail widening and destruction of rare plant species in vulnerable areas. Conflicts with wildlife including mountain goats, marmots, and ptarmigan have also been created by off leash dogs on the trails. Human and dog ___________________ waste are also being left on trails, leading to negative impacts to wildlife habitat, water quality, and the visitor experience. A more robust visitor communication and education program is needed to address these ecological and sanitary challenges. Due to the multiple landowners, agencies, and interest groups that are affected by challenges at Quandary Peak, McCullough Gulch, and Blue Lakes, a cohesive and cooperative management strategy is needed to make change. The Quandary area is multi- jurisdictional, with Summit County and the Town of Breckenridge having joint ownership and management responsibility over the Young mountain goat in the Blue Lakes area Quandary Peak Trailhead parking lot. Summit County also Source: Anne Lowe manages the Upper Quandary Peak Trailhead parking area and the Lower McCullough Gulch Trailhead. Colorado Springs Utilities owns property at Blue Lakes, and the US Forest Service manages the upper Quandary Peak trail portal, the upper McCullough trail portal, the Blue Lakes trail portal, and the trails that cross through the White River National Forest. The Colorado Department of Transportation manages Highway 9, which is experiencing unsafe visitor parking during peak times. Parking on McCullough Gulch Road and Blue Lakes Road is managed by Summit County, through an easement granted by the US Forest Service. In addition to land managers, many other organizations have a stake in the situation at the Quandary Peak area. A residential neighborhood on Blue Lakes Road sits across from the lower Quandary Peak parking lot, and the neighbors have Hikers on the Quandary Peak Trail struggled with blocked driveways, speeding traffic, and litter. Source: Rosemary Woller _________________ 3 _________________ Context map of the Quandary Peak area showing the Quandary Peak Upper Trailhead, McCullough Gulch Trailhead, Blue Lakes Trailhead, and the Quandary Peak Lower Trailhead and parking area Source: Christine Zenel – Summit County Open Space & Trails concerns by bringing pedestrians in proximity to high-speed PURPOSE AND KEY traffic and impeding emergency services and landowner access. Furthermore, increasing visitor use could lead to ecological damage within the sensitive alpine area as visitors park and hike ___________________ CHALLENGES in unauthorized or unanticipated ways. A lack of visitor education and preparation has led to safety issues such as 4 encounters between wildlife and off-leash dogs and between PURPOSE hikers that appear to be impacting the visitor experience. Therefore, the core purposes of this project were to collect The purpose of the Quandary Peak, McCullough Gulch, and relevant data on visitor use and to facilitate productive meetings ___________________ Blue Lakes Trails/Trailheads Transportation and Visitor Use among key stakeholders to reach decisions about strategies and Management project is to bring together land managers, tools that can be implemented in the near-term (2021) and over agencies, and local organizations to develop a multi-year visitor the longer-term to address these issues. These core purposes use and transportation management strategy. The study utilized support the creation of data-driven solutions and a multifaceted data collection method to analyze visitor recommendations to address and manage the Quandary area experiences, traffic and trail counter data, neighbor perceptions, visitor use problems. These solutions are based not only on and public support for management strategies. A working group today’s conditions, but those in the future where population and of multi – jurisdictional stakeholders met repeatedly to identify use pressures are likely to increase. issues, develop goals, and create a framework of strategies and solutions that can guide decision making in the Quandary Peak The goals
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