JAC1982 wrote:
The mention of Taylor Park reminds me, next weekend, from August 11-14th, there is a RZR Forums ride sponsored by Polaris going on. So the roads in/out of Taylor Park may be pretty busy, at least right before and right after, along with the trails around there. It's a decent sized event, last year close to 650 people, with over 300 RZRs. So yeah, not really a place to go if you're there to enjoy the quiet wilderness :)
I was actually out there 2 summers ago when that event was going on and we weren't there for the Rzr event. Myself and two other friends just happened to plan our ATV trip during the same time and believe it or not, it really wasn't as crowded as you might think. The main dirt road in the mornings and evenings did have trains of OHVs going by but on trail, we didn't run into very many people and we still had a blast.
However, I would not go there anytime expecting peace and quiet as it is a very popular OHV area and there are plenty of other places to go in CO for peaceful area.
Per the comment about what rights it is the age old story of
people being extremely selfish where things should only be the way they want it. Whatever happened to setting land aside for everyone to enjoy what they enjoy doing, so long as you are not breaking laws? I fly fish, mountain bike, mountaineer/hike too and many would have trails banned for those as well. Should we start going after equestrians and banning them? What about hiking? Seems many hikers use trails and cause damage and then aren't out there doing trail maintenance. What about the cars being used to get to a trail head, aren't those polluting causing damage? Where does it end?
Best solution is having area for everyone to equally enjoy even if the areas are separated into specific outdoor activities.
/soapbox rant
