Trails 2000 and its volunteer members have been planning, building and maintaining trails on city, county, U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands for the last 25 years. The historic floods of late September provided record rainfall, causing extensive drainage damage to several trails. Most significantly impacted were Horse Gulch Road, as well as trails including the Meadow, Mike’s, Cuchillo, Sale Barn and Big Canyon.

Those trails are on city, county, private and BLM lands. Trails 2000 worked with the city of Durango and La Plata County to get Horse Gulch Road repaired in record time. Trails 2000 volunteers have worked hard to fix drainage ruts and other flood damage in the Meadow, Mike’s, Sale Barn and Big Canyon trail systems. The trails require more repair and maintenance. While providing indispensable political support, neither the city of Durango nor La Plata County funds Trails 2000. Instead, Trails 2000 relies on volunteer help and membership donations to produce on average more than 3,600 hours of trail work each season.

Annual trail planning, building and maintenance efforts from Trails 2000 provide special and memorable recreational opportunities in Durango and La Plata County. Please give ’em a hand. Trails 2000 needs your help.

Bob Allen and Mike Finney, Trails 2000

Durango