mulebarn
Rising Sun Member
For what it’s worth, here’s the perspective from Boulder Mountainbike Alliance on Lefthand Canyon OHV:
“The BMA board of directors recognizes that the motorized community has put volunteer time, effort and dollars into an area that they are now banned from. There are currently no other nearby legal motorized singletrack trails in the Boulder Ranger District. BMA has never advocated against another user group. As mountain bikers often shut out of other trail areas, we do not feel it is right to advocate against reopening to motorized use in this area. We hope that during the public process, we can collaborate together with the motorized community to create a shared trail system, as well as advocate for some trails to stay non-motorized.”
Lefthand OHV - Boulder Mountainbike Alliance
The Lefthand OHV (LHOHV) recreation area is a designated system of OHV (Off-Highway Vehicle) trails and roads managed by the US Forest Service’s Boulder Ranger District (BRD). After the 2013 Flood damaged some of the trails, the area has been closed to motorized use. It was reopened to...
www.bouldermountainbike.org
“The BMA board of directors recognizes that the motorized community has put volunteer time, effort and dollars into an area that they are now banned from. There are currently no other nearby legal motorized singletrack trails in the Boulder Ranger District. BMA has never advocated against another user group. As mountain bikers often shut out of other trail areas, we do not feel it is right to advocate against reopening to motorized use in this area. We hope that during the public process, we can collaborate together with the motorized community to create a shared trail system, as well as advocate for some trails to stay non-motorized.”