Leavenworth Road, Argentine Pass

[Red_Chili]

Here is an email exchange with Brant Wobig this morning... anyone able to take him up on going up there yet this fall? Surely we will have some Indian Summer yet...
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Hey, Brant, good to hear from you!
Darn, we wuz kinda hoping to participate in the water reroute! Good onya. Sounds good. Glad the creek crossing is still there; I know OHVs and water can be controversial, but frankly it's a boatload of fun, really adds interest.

This fall, eh? I would've thought you were almost closed for the season up there. I am personally tied up till mid-November with building a house and moving in, but I will surely post this in our club website with your email addy.

I went hunting for pronghorn, came back with three. Yum, yum. Going elk hunting this year?
-Bill
-----Original Message-----
>From: Brant D Wobig <bdwobig@fs.fed.us>
>Sent: Oct 18, 2006 10:04 AM
>To: "w_morgan"
>Subject: Leavenworth road
>
>Hey Bill, Haven't talked to you in awhile but just wanted to update you
>guys on the status of the Leavenworth Road.
>Water diversion and stream crossing improvements were completed recently,
>sorry I don't have photos, on the lower road. The main objective was to
>divert the water back into the stream channel and off the road. The muddy
>ruts and wheel tracked user created route, that we closed as a group last
>year, were reinforced with large trees and boulders to solidify that
>closure. They also hardened another creek crossing to prevent further
>stream bank erosion. I wish I had photos for you but then you wouldn't need
>to go up there to see the work. We have some other things that I would like
>to work on with you guys, let me know if you can make it up this fall
>sometime. Keep in touch. Brant
>
>
> Brant Wobig
> Clear Creek RD
> Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest
> Idaho Springs, CO
> (303) 567-3022
>

 

[bh4rnnr]

Here is an email exchange with Brant Wobig this morning... anyone able to take him up on going up there yet this fall? Surely we will have some Indian Summer yet...
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Thanks for posting Bill, don't know if i'll be able to make it. Lots of things to get ready for. Any chance you have dates? Maybe post them up and see who is available

 

[treerootCO]

I am available most weekends if needed. Sundays work best for me.

 

[Red_Chili]

No dates, just shoot Brant an email.

He completed the creek crossing hardening, and the creek reroute out of the 4x4 road there. He says we might be disappointed with the challenge remaining. I suggested we might do a follow-on project to add challenge back into the route (like, moving boulders, doing drainage control that doubles as obstacles), as we have lost a lot of the challenge in the CCRD and I think people start straying from designated routes looking for more challenge.