San Juan NF in SW Colorado to be closed!
I started another thread on the 416 Fire north of Durango, but this closure will affect a much greater area. So if you have plans around Durango, Pagosa Springs, Dolores up to Lizard Head Pass, be ...
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I think there are two big fallouts for Durango tourism in all this:
1. Through traffic on US 550. The Million Dollar highway is a big draw. Not having that traffic hurts.
2. The closure of the railroad. If one is in downtown Durango when the trains leave or return, you'll see a LOT of people heading up and down the streets, shopping, eating, drinking. Big loss.
For those that had a vacation planned there, don't forget that Mesa Verde is still open, as are many of the ruins in and around Cortez and on over to Hovenweep.
I do feel for Pagosa Springs, as they are far from the fire yet the NFS CG's are closed. But of course the big draw at Pagosa are the hot springs themselves, which aren't impacted by the closure.
We just had our five days at McPhee and five days at Haviland Lake NFS CG's cancelled this a.m. :(
So it's off to our cabin and then down to Santa Fe for a few days, followed up by five days near Grand Lake. Always a backup plan!
1. Through traffic on US 550. The Million Dollar highway is a big draw. Not having that traffic hurts.
2. The closure of the railroad. If one is in downtown Durango when the trains leave or return, you'll see a LOT of people heading up and down the streets, shopping, eating, drinking. Big loss.
For those that had a vacation planned there, don't forget that Mesa Verde is still open, as are many of the ruins in and around Cortez and on over to Hovenweep.
I do feel for Pagosa Springs, as they are far from the fire yet the NFS CG's are closed. But of course the big draw at Pagosa are the hot springs themselves, which aren't impacted by the closure.
We just had our five days at McPhee and five days at Haviland Lake NFS CG's cancelled this a.m. :(
So it's off to our cabin and then down to Santa Fe for a few days, followed up by five days near Grand Lake. Always a backup plan!
