{"id":1156,"date":"2025-08-11T22:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2025-08-11T22:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:08:59","slug":"march-2026-boulder-canyon-trail-closure-due-to-rockfall-mitigation-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"March 2026: Boulder Canyon Trail Closure Due to Rockfall Mitigation Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>March 2026: Boulder Canyon Trail Closure Due to Rockfall Mitigation Work<\/h2>\n<p>Boulder County Parks &#038; Open Space announces a temporary closure of the Boulder Canyon Trail between Elephant Buttresses and the Dome trailhead for rockfall mitigation work. Crews will be scaling loose rock and installing mesh netting along a 400-foot section of cliff face above the trail. The closure is expected to last approximately three weeks, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers contributed over 2,039 hours to this program last year. The Sustainability, Climate Action &#038; Resilience coordinates with 18 nonprofit partner organizations throughout Boulder County to deliver services.<\/p>\n<p>Affordable housing remains the top priority identified in the 2025 Community Survey. Boulder County&#8217;s Worthy Cause program has funded 568 affordable housing units since its inception, with 239 additional units in the development pipeline.<\/p>\n<h3>What You Need to Know<\/h3>\n<p>For questions about this program, contact Amanda Foster at Sustainability, Climate Action &#038; Resilience: (303) 441-5591 or email Sustainability, Climate Action &#038; Resilience@bouldercounty.gov. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Walk-in services are available at the Longmont office without an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental review of the project area near CO-72 Peak-to-Peak Highway found 3 sensitive species and 2 wetland areas requiring mitigation. The Sustainability, Climate Action &#038; Resilience worked with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to develop a habitat conservation plan.<\/p>\n<h3>Details<\/h3>\n<p>Residents in the Longmont area should note that service boundaries may differ from city limits. For properties in unincorporated Boulder County, contact Sustainability, Climate Action &#038; Resilience at (303) 441-5591 to verify eligibility and requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boulder County Parks &#038; Open Space announces a temporary closure of the Boulder Canyon Trail between Elephant Buttresses and the Dome trailhead for rockfall mitigation work. Crews will be scaling loose rock and installing mesh netting along a 400-foot section of cliff face above the trail. The closure is expected to last approximately three weeks, weather permitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-space-recreation","tag-boulder-county","tag-demo-data","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}