Title: Colorado Front Range Trail
1 Colorado Front Range Trail Corridor Plan
2 Description The Colorado Front Range Trail
- The Colorado Front Range Trail will link
existing trails systems with new trail corridors
to create a pathway between Colorados burgeoning
population centers
3 Initiation How this concept began
- Colorado State Parks Board discussed the idea of
a border to border trail and directed staff to
initiate a planning process - Staff met with local community stakeholders to
discuss this concept and to identify potential
corridor routes - Planning team toured the proposed corridor in 2001
- Support for the Trail was overwhelming
4Process Colorado Front Range Trail Process
5 Vision, Principles, and Goals Vision
To link the Colorado front ranges diverse
communities and scenic landscapes with a
multi-use trail from New Mexico to Wyoming
6 Vision, Principles, and Goals Principles
During the planning process two guiding
principles emerged
First Principle All trail routes comprising the
Colorado Front Range Trail must be determined and
approved by the local jurisdictions through which
they pass. All acquisition and trail development
decisions will be determined by the local
jurisdictions land use decision processes.
7 Vision, Principles, and Goals Principles
During the planning process two guiding
principles emerged
Second Principle The Colorado Front Range Trail
should be funded through a variety of long-term
funding sources that build upon, rather than take
away from current trail funding sources.
Additional sources that can be dedicated to the
trails completion should be pursued.
8 Vision, Principles, and Goals Goals
- Form a spine trail corridor along Colorados
front range that links communities, points of
interest, and public lands - Create a safe, fun, attractive, continuous,
interesting, diverse, and educational trail
- Utilize existing and approved
- proposed trails as the basis for
- the corridor
9 Vision, Principles, and Goals Goals
- Create a fairly direct north - south route
- Link to other trails, especially major east -
west trails, along the corridor
- Have a separated trail,
- away from highways
- and roads, when possible
10 Vision, Principles, and Goals Goals
- Incorporate cultural, historical and
environmental themes which enhance educational
opportunities
- Identify and protect sensitive natural, cultural
and scenic resources when planning and
constructing the trail
11 Vision, Principles, and Goals Goals
- Create a trail corridor that enhances
eco-heritage tourism along the front range - Incorporate alternatives and loops, so the trail
can be used for a diverse range of trail uses
- Involve youth from the diverse
- mixture of corridor communities
- in trail construction through
- local youth corps
12 Colorado Front Range Trail Southern Area
13 Images Southern Front Range
14 Images Southern Front Range
15 Colorado Front Range Trail Metro Area
16 Images Metro Area
17 Images Metro Area
18 Colorado Front Range Trail North Area
19 Images North Area
20Next Steps
- Implementation Plan
- Logo
- Sign standards
- Front Range Trail Grants
- Private partners
- Funding Strategies
21Plan is Available
- Colorado State Park
- Web Site http//parks.state.co.us/home