Colorado Wilderness Assessment: Summary of 2009 Data Collection
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Colorado Wilderness Assessment
Summary of 2009 Data Collection
DRAFT – 2/17/2010
Dusty Vaughn, M.S. Candidate, Utah State University
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1
Campsite Data Inventory .......................................................................................................................... 1
Condition-Effort Rating System: ........................................................................................................... 1
Campsite Inventory Figures .................................................................................................................. 2
Exceeding Standards ................................................................................................................................. 2
Visitor Use Levels ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Data Acquisition ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Data Gaps .................................................................................................................................................. 4
Colorado’s Wilderness Areas: ....................................................................................................................... 6
Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area ................................................................................................................. 7
Byers Peak Wilderness Area ..................................................................................................................... 8
Cache la Poudre Wilderness Area ............................................................................................................. 9
Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area ........................................................................................................... 10
Comanche Peak Wilderness Area ........................................................................................................... 12
Eagles Nest Wilderness Area .................................................................................................................. 13
Flat Tops Wilderness Area ...................................................................................................................... 14
Fossil Ridge Wilderness Area .................................................................................................................. 15
Greenhorn Wilderness Area ................................................................................................................... 16
Holy Cross Wilderness Area .................................................................................................................... 17
Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Area ........................................................................................................ 18
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area ................................................................................................................. 19
James Peak Wilderness Area .................................................................................................................. 20
La Garita Wilderness Area....................................................................................................................... 21
Lizard Head Wilderness Area .................................................................................................................. 22
Lost Creek Wilderness Area .................................................................................................................... 23
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area ............................................................................................. 24
Mount Evans Wilderness Area ................................................................................................................ 26
Mount Massive Wilderness Area ............................................................................................................ 27
Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area ............................................................................................................ 28
Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area ................................................................................................................ 29
Neota Wilderness Area ........................................................................................................................... 30
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Never Summer Wilderness Area ............................................................................................................. 31
Powderhorn Wilderness Area ................................................................................................................. 32
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Area ............................................................................................................ 33
Raggeds Wilderness Area........................................................................................................................ 34
Rawah Wilderness Area .......................................................................................................................... 35
Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area........................................................................................................... 36
Sarvis Creek Wilderness Area ................................................................................................................. 37
South San Juan Wilderness Area............................................................................................................. 38
Spanish Peaks Wilderness Area .............................................................................................................. 39
Uncompahgre Wilderness Area .............................................................................................................. 40
Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area ............................................................................................................... 41
Weminuche Wilderness Area ................................................................................................................. 42
West Elk Wilderness Area ....................................................................................................................... 44
Appendix A: Lists of National Forest Datasets ............................................................................................ 45
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests ...................................................................................................... 46
Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forests ........................................................................ 48
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests .................................................................................................... 51
Pike-San Isabel National Forests ............................................................................................................. 58
Rio Grande National Forest..................................................................................................................... 60
San Juan National Forest......................................................................................................................... 64
White River National Forest .................................................................................................................... 67
Appendix B: Campsite Data Inventory Questionnaire ................................................................................ 69
Appendix C: Campsite Inventory Condition-Effort Ratings ......................................................................... 70
Appendix D: Campsite Inventory Figures.................................................................................................... 71
Appendix E: Exceeding Standards Table and Maps .................................................................................... 73
Appendix F: Visitor Use Table and Maps .................................................................................................. 109
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Introduction
Following the U.S. Forest Service Region 2 Wilderness Recreation Forum Core Team’s
recommendations and the Chief’s 10YWSC, a comprehensive geographic information system (GIS)-based
assessment is being conducted to collect existing data that could be utilized to rapidly assess and map
wilderness conditions. This assessment is being organized by Ralph Swain of the Regional Office, Dr.
David Cole of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, and Dr. Christopher Monz and myself of
Utah State University.
As part of this project, I met with the Wilderness Manager and Rangers for each Ranger District that
contains a portion of one of Colorado’s thirty-five Wilderness Areas during the summer of 2009. During
these meetings, I collected the following information which is summarized by Wilderness Area in the
following section:
1. Inventory of existing campsite data.
2. Identification of areas that exceed a set of defined standards.
3. Identification of visitor use levels.
I also met with GIS personnel at each National Forest Supervisor’s Office to collect data for a related
project that will attempt to model the “remoteness” of each Wilderness Area. The data I collected
included boundaries, roads, trails, developments, ROS, hydrology, and terrain which will aid in mapping
the proximity to population centers as well as model the time required to travel to and within each
Wilderness Area. A list of the data collected in from each GIS contact is provided as Appendix A.
Campsite Data Inventory
With the use of a questionnaire developed by Dr. David Cole (Appendix B), an inventory of existing
campsite data was completed with each Ranger District. Overall, most Wilderness Areas have been
inventoried at some point. However, most of these inventories have not been entered into a computer
and remain in boxes or sometimes organized into a file. The Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area has never
been inventoried. Byers Peak, James Peak, Ptarmigan Peak, and Spanish Peaks Wilderness Areas are
being inventoried for the first time during 2009 and 2010. Once data has been digitized, more analysis
needs to be conducted on all existing inventories.
Condition-Effort Rating System:
Each campsite inventory was then given a rating based on its condition and effort required to
bring the data into a digital format, mapped within GIS, inputted into the INFRA database, and
submitted to Forest GIS personnel. A ten-point rating scale will be used, with 0 being optimal and 9
representing data that is in poor condition (Table 1). These ratings provide an estimate of the
amount of time and effort required to bring the data to the optimal condition. These ratings can be
used to prioritize and schedule any efforts to work on the datasets. The ratings of each Wilderness
Area and each Ranger District are provided as Appendix C. The Wilderness Areas and Ranger
Districts are listing according to their condition-effort rating with the highest ratings listed first.
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Table 1: Condition-Effort Rating Scale:
0 Data is digital and GIS files are complete, in INFRA database, and submitted to Forest GIS personnel
1 Data is digital and GIS files are complete but needs to be reviewed
2 Data is digital but needs to be georeferenced in GIS using GPS/coordinates
3 Data is digital but needs to be georeferenced in GIS using map markings/location sketches
4 Data is digital but needs to be reviewed for any spatial referecences for georeferencing in GIS
5 Data needs to be digitized but has been georeferenced in GIS
6 Data needs to be digitized and georeferenced in GIS using GPS/coordinates
7 Data needs to be digitized and georeferenced in GIS using map markings/location sketches
8 Data needs to be digitized and reviewed for any spatial references for georeferencing in GIS
9 Data needs to be reviewed before digitizing and georeferencing can begin (Unknowns and Code-a-Sites)
Campsite Inventory Figures
Campsite inventories were then graphed in various ways to illustrate any differences between
the number of inventories conducted with the number of existing Wilderness Areas through time
(Appendix D). Figure 1 illustrates the number of campsite inventories completed by each Ranger
District was compared with the total number of Ranger Districts with existing Wilderness Areas.
Figure 2 is a modified version of figure 1 which illustrates a five-year data legacy for each inventory
conducted. Figure 3 illustrates the number of Wilderness Areas that had an inventory completed
within each Ranger District and includes a five-year data legacy. Overall, establishment of
Wilderness Areas has outpaced the number of campsite inventories conducted. A surge of campsite
inventories occurred in 2009 due to focused efforts at the Regional level.
Exceeding Standards
Standards are the minimally acceptable condition of the resource. Standards identify the maximum
allowable degradation. These standards are defined in each forest’s management plan. To map
standards compliance across the State, the areas that meet the following criteria were identified and
mapped:
1. System trails with problem areas extending more than a half mile, rutting greater than twelve
inches, width greater than forty-eight inches, and boggy trail surface.
2. Areas where campsites are out of compliance with existing biophysical standards.
3. Corridors where social encounters exceed the existing standards for each Wilderness Area’s
Recreation Opportunity Specturm (ROS) as defined in the Forest Plan (Table 2).
Table 2: Forest Plan Social Encounter Standards by National Forest
Social Encounter Standards (parties per day)
Pristine
1.11/8A
Primitive
1.12/8B
Arapaho
1
2
4
Gunnison
2
6
20
Pike
2
6
20
Rio Grande
1
5
12
Roosevelt
1
2
4
Routt
2
3
4
National Forest
Semi-Primitive
1.13/8C
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San Isabel
2
6
20
San Juan
1
5
12
Uncompahgre
2
6
20
White River
2
12
20
4. Areas where social trails are more than a half mile long and resemble official trails, such as
crossovers, hunter, guide, horse, and peak trails.
Of the thirty-five Wilderness Areas reviewed, only the Greeenhorn and Powderhorn Wilderness
Areas were found to not contain areas where any standard was being exceeded. The Sangre de Cristo
Wilderness Area contained the most with sixty-five areas identified as exceeding standards. For
exceeding system trail standards, one hundred fifty-eight trail sections were identified with the
Weminuche Wilderness Area containing the most with seventeen. For exceeding campsite standards,
one hundred ninety-one sites were identified with the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area containing the
most with thirty-seven. For exceeding social encounter standards, eighty-nine corridors were identified
with both the Eagles Nest and Indian Peaks Wilderness Areas containing the most with twelve in each
area. For exceeding social trail standards, one hundred forty-two trails were identified with the West Elk
Wilderness Area containing the most with twenty-two. Nine other areas were identified as exceeding
other standards and included old roads, a historic cabin, stock driveways, and an area were the density
of trails exceeded Forest Plan standards.
A summary table and individual Wilderness Area maps showing areas exceeding standards is
provided as Appendix E.
Visitor Use Levels
In order to compare visitation levels across the state, standardized visitation levels were identified
and mapped in each Wilderness Area. For each Wilderness Area, during the summer use period, average
daily visitor use levels were divided into the following levels:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Magnet areas are those that receive greater than two hundred visitors per day.
High use areas receive between fifty to two hundred visitors per day.
Medium use areas receive between ten to fifty visitors per day.
Low use areas receive less than ten visitors per day and include all areas not identified in the
medium, high, and magnet areas.
The Greenhorn, Powderhorn, and Vasquez Peak Wilderness Areas have the lowest visitor use levels
which were below the medium requirement of ten visitors per day. Eagles Nest, Indian Peaks, and
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Areas were the only ones to contain magnet visitor use corridors.
The Eagles Nest Wilderness Area has the most high visitor use areas with seven corridors being
identified. The Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area has the most medium visitor use areas with
seventeen corridors being identified. Overall, three magnet, thirty-six high, and one hundred thirty-nine
medium visitor use areas were identified.
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A summary table and individual Wilderness Area maps showing visitor use areas are provided as
Appendix F.
Data Acquisition
With the use of a tablet laptop and ESRI’s ArcGIS software, areas were marked and labeled on
georeferenced base map as to the location and extent of areas that exceed standards as well as visitor
use levels. Locations that match any of the four definitions of exceeding standards identified above were
recorded as polygons and their corresponding definition was recorded in the feature’s attribute table.
Visitor use mapping involved a process of elimination, with magnet areas being identified first followed
by areas with high visitor use and medium visitor use. All remaining areas are considered to have low
levels of visitor use. Visitor use areas are marked as polygons (with the level of use as an attribute) to
mark the general corridor through which use occurs, such as an entire area between two ridge lines
when a trail is located in a valley.
By using a standardized system of collecting data of areas that exceed standards as well as visitor
use levels allows for a statewide comparison of each Wilderness Area. These maps show where resource
conditions are being impacted beyond defined standards and where visitors are going within Wilderness
Areas across the state.
Data Gaps
As previously stated, the Mount Sneffels and Wilderness Area has never been inventoried. The Byers
Peak, James Peak, Ptarmigan Peak, and Spanish Peaks Wilderness Areas are being inventoried for the
first time during 2009 and 2010. The Gunnison and Sopris Ranger Districts did not have any record of a
campsite inventory being conducted on their portion of the Raggeds Wilderness Area. The Conejos Peak
Ranger District did not have any record of a campsite inventory being conducted on their portion of the
Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area.
Areas exceeding social encounter standards were unable to be identified in the Sulphur and
Gunnison Ranger Districts. For the Sulphur Ranger District, Andrew Sauthoff did not have access to a
map showing the WROS boundaries. He also did not know the social encounter limits for each zone. This
affects the mapping of exceeding social encounter standards for the entire Byers Peak and Vasquez Peak
Wilderness Areas and parts of the Indian Peaks and Never Summer Wilderness Areas. For the Gunnison
Ranger District, Kai Allen also did not have adequate WROS maps available to identify where social
encounters were being exceeded. This affects the mapping of exceeding social encounter standards for
the entire Fossil Ridge and Powderhorn Wilderness Areas and parts of the Collegiate Peaks, La Garita,
Maroon Bells-Snowmass, Raggeds, Uncompahgre, and West Elk Wilderness Areas.
For the South San Juan and Weminuche Wilderness Areas, the identification of areas exceeding
social encounter and social trail standards as well as visitor use levels is not mapped for the Pagosa
Ranger District since Ros Wu was unable to attend the entire meeting. Additionally, Nancy Berry of the
Columbine Ranger District may have knowledge of more sites and corridors that exceed the defined
standards as well as visitor use levels. Nancy was unable to attend the meeting with Dave Baker and Ros
Wu.
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Since our meeting, I have been able to generate ROS maps and obtain social encounter
standards for each zone. I have sent both Andrew and Kai a copy of this information with instructions to
identify the areas that are exceeding the standards. I informed Dave Baker at the end of our meeting
about the data that I still need from Ros and potentially Nancy. I expect to have this information from
them no later than the upcoming Winter Wilderness Managers meeting which is scheduled to occur
March 2010. During this meeting, I will have maps of each Wilderness Area available for each manager
to review and update as needed.
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Colorado’s Wilderness Areas:
Map from Region 2 Wilderness Recreation Forums Core Team Regional Forester Presentation, February 20, 2007.
Note: Even though the Platte River Wilderness Area is included in the above map, it is not included in the
statewide assessment since only a small portion the Wilderness Area lies within Colorado.
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Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Pike:
San Isabel:
Chris Prew
43,410
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
South Park
Leadville
Salida
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
719-486-7409
103-77
Contacts:
Chris Prew
Chris Prew
Steve Sunday
Loretta McEllhiney
Chris Prew
E-mails:
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
ssunday@fs.fed.us
lmcellhiney@fs.fed.us
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/10/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1979
1984-85
1995-98
2009
Leadville/Salida/South Park
Leadville/Salida/South Park
Leadville/Salida/South Park
Leadville/Salida/South Park
Frissel
Frissel
Modified Cole
Rapid Cole
no
no
no
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
yes
yes
OffTrail?
some*
some*
some*
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
yes
yes
C-E
Rating:
7
7
7
2
Georeference:
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
GIS - GPS coordinates
*Some = “a couple hundred yards off of the trail in most areas.”
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 23
Keeper of Data: Chris Prew
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
2 sections
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Byers Peak Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Arapaho:
Mike Ricketts
8,193
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Sulphur
mricketts@fs.fed.us
970-887-4133
103-77
Contacts:
Andrew Sauthoff
E-mails:
asauthoff@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/5/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
2009
Sulphur
Rapid Cole
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
OffTrail?
yes
Photos?
yes
Georeference:
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 2
Keeper of Data: Mike Ricketts
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
yes
no
yes
yes
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
Not exceeded
2 sites
see Data Gaps below
1 trail
2 old Jeep trails
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Andrew did not have access to a map showing ROS across the Wilderness Area as well as
defined social encounter standards for each zone.
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Cache la Poudre Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Roosevelt:
Kevin Cannon
9,308
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Canyon Lakes
kcannon@fs.fed.us
970-295-6722
96-560
Contacts:
Kevin Cannon
E-mails:
kcannon@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/7/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1982-83
2006
Canyon Lakes
Canyon Lakes
Code-a-Site
Modified Cole
no
yes
Entire
Area?
no
yes
OffTrail?
no
yes
Photos?
Georeference:
no
yes
Sketch on form
Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 11
Keeper of Data: Kevin Cannon
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped?
System Trails
yes
Campsites
n/a
Social Encounters n/a
Social Trails
n/a
Other
yes
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Notes:
1 section
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Unofficial car camping along Wilderness boundary
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Gunnison:
San Isabel:
Chris Prew
167,996
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Gunnison
Leadville
White River:
Salida
Aspen
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
719-486-7409
96-560
Contacts:
Kai Allen
Chris Prew
Steve Sunday
Loretta McEllhiney
Chris Prew
Martha Moran
Kevin Warner
E-mails:
kallen01@fs.fed.us
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
ssunday@fs.fed.us
lmcellhiney@fs.fed.us
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
mmoran@fs.fed.us
kwarner@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/12/2009
8/10/2009
8/4/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
unknown
1979
1985
1987
1989
1991
1994
1995
1996
1999
2000
2001
2004
2005
2006
2007
2007-08
Leadville/Salida
Leadville/Salida
Leadville/Salida
Leadville/Salida
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Leadville/Salida
Gunnison
Code-a-Site
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
Digital?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
Entire
Area?
no
unknown
unknown
unknown
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
Photos?
Georeference:
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Sketch on form
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Coordinates
Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
6
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 126
Notes:
1979 and 1985 inventory used the same protocol/form.
1987 through 2006 inventory used the same protocol/form.
2007 and 2007-2008 inventory used the same protocol/form.
Keeper of Data:
Unknown (Code-a-Site), 1979, 1985, 1987, 2007: Chris Prew
1989 through 2006: Martha Moran and Kevin Warner
2007-08: Kai Allen
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Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area continued…
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
yes
15 sections
Campsites
yes
8 sites
Social Encounters yes*
4 corridors
Social Trails
yes
8 trails
Other
yes
Historic cabin and road
*Social Encounters not mapped for Gunnison Ranger District (see Data Gaps below).
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
no
Notes:
5 corridors
6 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Kai (Gunnison Ranger District) did not have adequate ROS maps available to identify where
social encounters were being exceeded.
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Comanche Peak Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Roosevelt:
Kevin Cannon
66,901
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Canyon Lakes
kcannon@fs.fed.us
970-295-6722
96-560
Contacts:
Kevin Cannon
E-mails:
Meeting:
kcannon@fs.fed.us 8/7/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1982-83
2006-08
Canyon Lakes
Canyon Lakes
Code-a-Site
Modified Cole
no
yes
Entire
Area?
no
yes
OffTrail?
no
yes
Photos?
Georeference:
no
yes
Sketch on Form
Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 11
Keeper of Data: Kevin Cannon
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
n/a
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
no
Notes:
4 sections
1 site
5 corridors
Not exceeded
Notes:
1 corridor
4 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Eagles Nest Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
White River:
Cindy Ebbert
133,496
7/12/1976
Ranger Districts:
Holy Cross
Dillan
cebbert@fs.fed.us 970-262-3452
94-352
Contacts:
Sam Massman
Cindy Ebbert
E-mails:
Meeting:
smassman@fs.fed.us 8/5/2009
cebbert@fs.fed.us
8/11/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
1997
2006-07
2008
2009
Ranger
District:
Dillan
Dillan
Holy Cross
Dillan
Protocol:
Cole
Modified Cole
Rapid Cole
Rapid Cole
Digital?
no
no
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
yes
yes
yes
Photos?
no
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
Drawn on map
Coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
7
6
2
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 17
Keeper of Data:
1997, 2006-07, 2009: Cindy Ebbert
2008: Sam Massman
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
no
Notes:
7 sections
10 sites
12 corridors
9 trails
Notes:
1 corridor
7 corridors
13 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Flat Tops Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Routt:
White River:
Ron Taussig
235,406
12/12/1975
Ranger Districts:
Yampa
Blanco
Rifle
Eagle
rtaussig@fs.fed.us
970-878-6007
94-146
Contacts:
John Anarella
Ron Taussig
Aaron Grimes
Ron Taussig
Sam Massman
E-mails:
janarella@fs.fed.us
rtaussig@fs.fed.us
acgrimes@fs.fed.us
rtaussig@fs.fed.us
smassman@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
7/29/2009
7/29/2009
8/5/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1976
1985
1991
2005
2009
Ongoing*
Blanco/Rifle
Yampa
Yampa
Yampa
Eagle
Blanco/Rifle
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel/Cole
Frissel/Cole
Rapid Cole
Modified Cole
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
Photos?
no
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
Drawn on map
Description
GPS
GPS
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
7
8
6
2
2
1
*In the Blanco/Rifle Ranger Districts, Ron has divided the Wilderness into 5 sections which are
rotated through an annual inventory using a Modified Cole protocol. This dataset is digital and
mapped in ArcGIS with attribute information and linked to site photos.
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 26
Keeper of Data:
1976, Ongoing: Ron Taussig
1985, 1991, 2005: John Anarella
2009: Sam Massman
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
n/a
yes
yes
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
8 sections
9 sites
Not exceeded
3 trails
2 stock driveways
Notes:
4 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Fossil Ridge Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Gunnison:
Kai Allen
31,716
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Gunnison
kallen01@fs.fed.us
970-642-4417
103-77
Contacts:
Kai Allen
E-mails:
Meeting:
kallen01@fs.fed.us 8/12/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
2002
2009
Gunnison
Gunnison
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
Digital?
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
Georeference:
GIS - GPS coordinates
GPS
C-E
Rating:
1
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 3
Keeper of Data:
2002, 2009: Kai Allen
2002 GIS data: Carol Howe, GMUG Resource Information Specialist, chowe@fs.fed.us
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
no
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
5 sections
3 sites
See Data Gaps below
6 trails
Notes:
2 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Kai did not have adequate ROS maps available to identify where social encounters were being
exceeded.
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Greenhorn Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
San Isabel:
Jeffer Wingate
22,858
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
San Carlos
jwingate@fs.fed.us
719-742-3681
103-77
Contacts:
Carl Bauer
Mike Smith
E-mails:
Meeting:
crbauer@fs.fed.us
8/20/2009
msmith05@fs.fed.us
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1992-95
2008
San Carlos
San Carlos
Frissel
Rapid Cole
no
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
OffTrail?
yes
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
Georeference:
Drawn on map
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
7
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 9
Keeper of Data: Carl Bauer
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
n/a
No
Notes:
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Notes:
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Holy Cross Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
San Isabel:
Sam Massman
123,409
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Leadville
White River:
Eagle
Holy Cross
Sopris
smassman@fs.fed.us 970-827-5162
96-560
Contacts:
Chris Prew
Steve Sunday
Loretta McEllhiney
Sam Massman
Sam Massman
Martha Moran
Kevin Warner
E-mails:
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
ssunday@fs.fed.us
lmcellhiney@fs.fed.us
smassman@fs.fed.us
smassman@fs.fed.us
mmoran@fs.fed.us
kwarner@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/10/2009
8/5/2009
8/4/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1984-85
1987
1989
1993
1995
2008
2009
Leadville
Leadville
Eagle/Holy Cross
Leadville
Leadville
Eagle/Holy Cross
Eagle/Holy Cross
Sopris
Code-a-Site
Frissel
Unknown
Frissel
Modified Cole
Cole
Rapid Cole
Rapid Cole
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 45
Keeper of Data:
1984-85, 1987, 1993, 1995: Chris Prew
1989, 2008, 2009: Sam Massman
2009: Martha Moran and Kevin Warner
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped?
System Trails
yes
Campsites
yes
Social Encounters yes
Social Trails
yes
Other
n/a
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
no
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Photos?
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Georeference:
Sketch on form
Drawn on map
Description
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
7
9
7
7
2
2
2
Notes:
7 sections
11 sites
5 corridors
5 trails
Notes:
2 corridors
8 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
White River:
Martha Moran
82,066
2/24/1978
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Aspen
Sopris
mmoran@fs.fed.us
970-945-3312
95-273
103-77
Contacts:
Martha Moran
Kevin Warner
Martha Moran
Kevin Warner
E-mails:
Meeting:
mmoran@fs.fed.us 8/4/2009
kwarner@fs.fed.us
mmoran@fs.fed.us
kwarner@fs.fed.us
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1988
1989
1990
1991
1993
1995
1996
1998
1999
2000
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
2009
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen
Aspen/Sopris
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Rapid Cole
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 62
Keeper of Data: Martha Moran and Kevin Warner
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
yes
1 section
Campsites
yes
2 sites
Social Encounters n/a
Not exceeded
Social Trails
yes
9 trails
Other
n/a
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Mapped? Notes:
Magnet
n/a
High
yes
2 corridors
Medium
yes
1 corridor
Low
no
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Indian Peaks Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
Glen Cook
gkcook@fs.fed.us
303-541-2521
74,794
10/11/1978
95-450
12/22/1980
96-560
3/30/2009
111-11
National Forests: Ranger Districts: Contacts:
E-mails:
Meeting:
Arapaho:
Sulphur
Andrew Sauthoff
asauthoff@fs.fed.us 8/5/2009
Roosevelt:
Boulder
Glen Cook
gkcook@fs.fed.us
8/11/2009
*Part of this Wilderness Area is managed by the National Park Service.
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
1978
1979
1983
1984-87
1989-91
1997-99
2002-03
2009
Boulder
Sulphur
Boulder
Boulder
Boulder
Boulder
Boulder
Sulphur
Boulder
Frissel
Code-a-Site
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Rapid Cole
Rapid Cole
Digital?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Photos?
no
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
Drawn on map
Sketch on form
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
7
9
7
7
7
7
7
2
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 55
Keeper of Data:
1978, 1983 through 2002-03, 2009: Glen Cook
1979, 2009: Mike Ricketts
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
yes
5 sections
Campsites
yes
12 sites
Social Encounters yes*
12 corridors
Social Trails
yes
6 trails
Other
n/a
*Social Encounters not mapped for Sulphur Ranger District (see Data Gaps below).
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Mapped? Notes:
Magnet
yes
1 corridor
High
yes
3 corridors
Medium
yes
11 corridors
Low
no
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Andrew did not have access to a map showing ROS across the Wilderness Area as well as
defined social encounter standards for each zone.
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James Peak Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Arapaho:
Roosevelt:
Glen Cook
14,000
8/21/2002
Ranger Districts:
Clear Creek
Boulder
gkcook@fs.fed.us
303-541-2521
107-216
Contacts:
Ralph Bradt
Glen Cook
E-mails:
rbradt@fs.fed.us
gkcook@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/10/2009
8/11/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
2009
Ranger
District:
Clear Creek
Boulder
Protocol:
Digital?
Rapid Cole
Rapid Cole
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
OffTrail?
yes
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
Georeference:
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
2
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 4
Keeper of Data:
2009: Ralph Bradt
2009: Glen Cook
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
yes
yes
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
Not exceeded
6 sites
3 corridors
2 trails
Old road
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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La Garita Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
Kai Allen
128,859
9/3/1964
12/22/1980
8/13/1993
National Forests: Ranger Districts:
Gunnison:
Gunnison
Rio Grande:
Saguache
Divide
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
1986
1991
1998
2000
2002
2009
Ranger
District:
Saguache
Saguache
Saguache
Saguache
Divide
Gunnison
Saguache
Gunnison
Saguache
Divide
Protocol:
Unknown
Frissel
Unknown
Cole
Cole
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
Rapid Cole
Rapid Cole
kallen01@fs.fed.us
970-642-4417
88-577
96-560
103-77
Contacts:
Kai Allen
Kristi Murphy
Lisa McClure
E-mails:
kallen01@fs.fed.us
kkmurphy@fs.fed.us
lmcclure@fs.fed.us
Digital?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
yes
Meeting:
8/12/2009
8/12/2009
8/18/2009
Photos?
Georeference:
no
yes
yes
unknown
unknown
no
yes
yes
yes
yes
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GPS
GPS
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
7
7
5
5
1
6
2
2
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 46
Keeper of Data:
1986, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2009: Kristi Murphy
2000 GIS data: Mark Applequist, RG GIS Coordinator, mapplequist@fs.fed.us
2002, 2009: Kai Allen
2009: Lisa McClure
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes*
yes
n/a
Notes:
7 sections
2 sites
2 corridors
6 trails
*Social Encounters not mapped for Gunnison Ranger District (see Data Gaps below).
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
no
Notes:
1 corridor
5 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Kai (Gunnison Ranger District) did not have adequate ROS maps available to identify where
social encounters were being exceeded.
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Lizard Head Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Uncompahgre:
San Juan:
Kathy Peckham
41,496
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Norwood
Mancos/Dolores
kpeckham@fs.fed.us
970-240-5418
96-560
Contacts:
Kathy Peckham
Lloyd McNeil
E-mails:
Meeting:
kpeckham@fs.fed.us 7/27/2009
llmcneil@fs.fed.us
8/14/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1988-92
1988
1992
2002-03
2006-07
2009
Norwood
Mancos/Dolores
Mancos/Dolores
Mancos/Dolores
Mancos/Dolores
Mancos/Dolores
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Unknown
Cole
Unknown
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
Photos?
Georeference:
yes
unknown
unknown
no
yes
yes
GIS - map markings
GIS - map markings
GIS - map markings
Sketch on form
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
5
5
5
9
1
1
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 26
Keeper of Data:
1988-92: Kathy Peckham
1988, 1990, 1992, 2009 GIS data: Carol Howe, GMUG Resource Information Specialist,
chowe@fs.fed.us
2002-03: Lloyd McNeil
2006-2007: Dave Baker
2006 GIS Data: Jessey Ramirez, SJ GIS Specialist, jeramirez@fs.fed.us
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
4 sections
2 sites
3 corridors
4 trails
Notes:
4 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Lost Creek Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Pike:
Lisa Heagley
120,151
12/22/1980
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
South Platte
lheagley@fs.fed.us
303-275-5629
96-560
103-77
Contacts:
Ralph Bradt
E-mails:
rbradt@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/10/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
1990
1992
2002
2009
South Platte
South Platte
South Platte
South Platte
Frissel
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
Rapid Cole
Digital?
no
yes
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
unknown
yes
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
yes
Photos?
no
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
unknown
Drawn on map
Coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
3
2
2
Note: 2002 and 2009 inventory used the same form/protocol.
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 16
Keeper of Data: Ralph Bradt
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
2 sections
4 sites
4 corridors
4 trails
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Gunnison:
White River:
Martha Moran
183,847
9/3/1964
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Gunnison
Sopris
Aspen
mmoran@fs.fed.us
970-945-3312
88-577
96-560
Contacts:
Kai Allen
Martha Moran
Kevin Warner
Martha Moran
Kevin Warner
E-mails:
kallen01@fs.fed.us
mmoran@fs.fed.us
kwarner@fs.fed.us
mmoran@fs.fed.us
kwarner@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/12/2009
8/4/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger Districts:
Protocol:
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Gunnison
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Aspen/Sopris
Gunnison
Aspen/Sopris
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
Rapid Cole
Rapid Cole
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2009
Digital?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Description
Coordinates
Coordinates
Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
Note: The Aspen/Sopris Ranger District has published their data online at
http://davidc.richie.googlepages.com/wildernesscharacter
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 86
Keeper of Data:
1984 through 2004, 2009: Martha Moran and Kevin Warner
2009: Kai Allen
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Maroon-Bells Wilderness Area continued…
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
yes
14 sections
Campsites
yes
14 sites
Social Encounters yes*
9 corridors
Social Trails
yes
16 trails
Other
yes
Old road
*Social Encounters not mapped for Gunnison Ranger District (see Data Gaps below).
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
no
Notes:
1 corridor
4 corridors
17 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Kai (Gunnison Ranger District) did not have adequate ROS maps available to identify where
social encounters were being exceeded.
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Mount Evans Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Arapaho:
Pike:
Lisa Heagley
74,401
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Clear Creek
South Platte
lheagley@fs.fed.us
303-275-5629
96-560
Contacts:
Ralph Bradt
Ralph Bradt
E-mails:
rbradt@fs.fed.us
rbradt@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/10/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1992
2002
2009
Clear Creek/South Platte
Clear Creek/South Platte
Clear Creek/South Platte
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
Rapid Cole
yes
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
yes
C-E
Rating:
2
2
2
Georeference:
GPS
GPS
GIS - GPS coordinates
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 6
Keeper of Data: Ralph Bradt
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
no
Notes:
2 sections
2 sites
5 corridors
1 trail
Notes:
1 corridor
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Mount Massive Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
San Isabel:
Chris Prew
28,047
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Leadville
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
719-486-7409
96-560
Contacts:
E-mails:
Meeting:
Chris Prew
chrisprew@fs.fed.us
8/10/2009
Steve Sunday
ssunday@fs.fed.us
Loretta McEllhiney
lmcellhiney@fs.fed.us
*Part of this Wilderness Area is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1985
1987
1991
1992
1993
1996
1997-2008
2009
Leadville
Leadville
Leadville
Leadville
Leadville
Leadville
Leadville
Leadville
Code-a-Site
Modified Frissel
Modified Frissel
Modified Frissel
Modified Frissel
Modified Frissel
Modified Cole
Rapid Cole
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
Photos?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
Georeference:
Drawn on map
Sketch on Form
Sketch on Form
Sketch on Form
Sketch on Form
Sketch on Form
Drawn on map
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
7
7
7
7
7
7
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 53
Keeper of Data: Chris Prew
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
3 sections
1 site
2 corridors
3 trails
Notes:
2 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Uncompahgre:
Kris Ann Wist
16,587
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Norwood
Ouray
kwist@fs.fed.us
970-240-5414
96-560
Contacts:
Kathy Peckham
Kris Ann Wist
E-mails:
Meeting:
kpeckham@fs.fed.us 7/27/2009
kwist@fs.fed.us
8/13/2009
Campsite Inventory:
No campsite inventories are known to have occurred for the Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area.
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
n/a
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
no
Notes:
Not exceeded
1 site
2 corridors
Not exceeded
Notes:
1 corridor
2 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
No campsite inventories have been completed for the entire Wilderness Area.
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Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Routt:
Kent Foster
160,015
9/3/1964
12/22/1980
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Hahn Peak-Bears Ears
Parks
kfoster@fs.fed.us
970-870-2142
88-577
96-560
103-77
Contacts:
Steve McCone
Jon Myers
Hal Wentz
E-mails:
Meeting:
smccone@fs.fed.us 7/29/2009
jcmyers@fs.fed.us 8/6/2009
hwentz@fs.fed.us
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1989-91
1989-95
1993-96
1997
2005
Parks
Parks
Parks
Parks
Parks
Hahn Peak-Bear Ears
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
WHIM*
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
no
no
no
no
Yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
Photos?
Georeference:
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Sketch on form
Sketch on form
Sketch on form
Sketch on form
GPS
GPS
C-E
Rating:
7
7
7
7
2
2
*WHIM = Wilderness Human Impact Monitoring
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 32
Keeper of Data:
1989 through 1997, 2005: Jon Myers
2005: Steve McCone
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
no
Notes:
6 sections
15 sites
4 corridors
9 trails
Notes:
2 corridors
4 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Neota Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Roosevelt:
Kevin Cannon
9,924
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Canyon Lakes
kcannon@fs.fed.us
970-295-6722
96-560
Contacts:
Kevin Cannon
E-mails:
Meeting:
kcannon@fs.fed.us 8/7/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1993
2006
Canyon Lakes
Canyon Lakes
Modified Cole
Modified Cole
no
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
OffTrail?
yes
yes
Photos?
Georeference:
yes
yes
Drawn on map
Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
7
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 9
Keeper of Data: Kevin Cannon
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
1 section
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Never Summer Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Arapaho:
Routt:
Jon Myers
21,090
12/22/1980
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Sulphur
Parks
jcmyers@fs.fed.us
970-723-8204
96-560
103-77
Contacts:
Andrew Sauthoff
Jon Myers
Hal Wentz
E-mails:
Meeting:
asauthoff@fs.fed.us 8/5/2009
jcmyers@fs.fed.us
8/6/2009
hwentz@fs.fed.us
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1991
1992
2009
Sulphur
Parks
Sulphur
Frissel
Frissel
Rapid Cole
no
no
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
yes
Photos?
yes
no
yes
Georeference:
Drawn on map
Drawn on map
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
7
7
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 14
Keeper of Data:
1991 and 2009: Mike Ricketts
1992: Jon Myers
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
n/a
Not exceeded
Campsites
yes
2 sites
Social Encounters no*
Social Trails
yes
1 trail
Other
yes
Old Jeep trail
*Social Encounters not exceeded for Parks Ranger District and not mapped for Sulphur Ranger
District (see Data Gaps below).
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Andrew did not have access to a map showing ROS across the Wilderness Area as well as
defined social encounter standards for each zone.
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Powderhorn Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Kai Allen
kallen01@fs.fed.us
970-642-4417
Acreage:
13,395
Established:
8/13/1993
103-77
National Forests: Ranger Districts: Contacts:
E-mails:
Meeting:
Gunnison:
Gunnison
Kai Allen
kallen01@fs.fed.us 8/12/2009
*Part of this Wilderness Area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
2008
Gunnison
Modified Cole
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
OffTrail?
yes
Photos?
yes
Georeference:
GPS
C-E
Rating:
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 2
Keeper of Data: Kai Allen
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
no
n/a
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
n/a
no
Notes:
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
See Data Gaps below
Not exceeded
Notes:
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Kai did not have adequate ROS maps available to identify where social encounters were being
exceeded.
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Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
White River:
Cindy Ebbert
12,594
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Dillon
cebbert@fs.fed.us
970-262-3452
103-77
Contacts:
Cindy Ebbert
E-mails:
Meeting:
cebbert@fs.fed.us 8/11/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
2009
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
Dillon
Rapid Cole
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
OffTrail?
yes
Photos?
yes
Georeference:
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 2
Keeper of Data: Cindy Ebbert
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
1 section
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Raggeds Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Gunnison:
White River:
Vic Ullrey
65,443
12/22/1980
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Paonia
Gunnison
Sopris
vullrey@fs.fed.us
970-527-4131
96-560
103-77
Contacts:
Vic Ullrey
Kai Allen
Martha Moran
Kevin Warner
E-mails:
vullrey@fs.fed.us
kallen01@fs.fed.us
mmoran@fs.fed.us
kwarner@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/3/2009
8/12/2009
8/4/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
1984-85
1998
2001
2009
Paonia
Paonia
Paonia
Paonia
Code-a-Site
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Digital?
no
no
no
no
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
Drawn on map
GPS
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
6
5
5
Note: 1998 and 2009 inventory used the same form/protocol from “Wilderness Monitoring Plan
for the West Elk Wilderness” by Darrel Jury.
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 25
Keeper of Data:
1984-85, 1998, 2009: Vic Ullrey
2001 and 2009 GIS data: Carol Howe, GMUG Resource Information Specialist,
chowe@fs.fed.us
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
yes
4 sections
Campsites
yes
1 site
Social Encounters no*
Social Trails
yes
6 trails
Other
n/a
*Social Encounters not mapped for Gunnison Ranger District (see Data Gaps below).
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Mapped? Notes:
Magnet
n/a
High
n/a
Medium
yes
2 corridors
Low
no
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
The Gunnison and Sopris Ranger Districts did not have any record of a campsite inventory being
conducted on their portion of the Raggeds Wilderness Area.
Kai (Gunnison Ranger District) did not have adequate ROS maps available to identify where
social encounters were being exceeded.
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Rawah Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Roosevelt:
Kevin Cannon
73,934
9/3/1964
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Canyon Lakes
kcannon@fs.fed.us
970-295-6722
88-577
96-560
Contacts:
Kevin Cannon
E-mails:
Meeting:
kcannon@fs.fed.us 8/7/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1982-83
2008-09
Canyon Lakes
Canyon Lakes
Frissel
Modified Cole
no
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
yes
Photos?
no
yes
Georeference:
Coordinates
Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
6
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 8
Keeper of Data: Kevin Cannon
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
1 section
2 sites
4 corridors
1 trail
Notes:
4 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
San Isabel:
Carl Bauer
226,455
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Salida
San Carlos
Rio Grande:
Saguache
Conejos Peak
crbauer@fs.fed.us
719-269-8702
103-77
Contacts:
Carl Bauer
Carl Bauer
Mike Smith
Kristi Murphy
Antonio Lucero
E-mails:
crbauer@fs.fed.us
crbauer@fs.fed.us
msmith05@fs.fed.us
kkmurphy@fs.fed.us
amlucero@fs.fed.us
Meeting:
8/20/2009
8/12/2009
8/18/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Unknown
1992-95
2000
2001
2004-05
2008
2009
Saguache
Salida/San Carlos
Saguache
Saguache
Salida/San Carlos
Salida/San Carlos
Saguache
Cole
Frissel
Cole
Cole
Modified Cole
Rapid Cole
Rapid Cole
Digital?
no
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
yes
no
no
no
yes
yes
Photos?
Georeference:
unknown
no
unknown
unknown
yes
yes
yes
GIS - GPS Coordinates
Drawn on map
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GPS
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
5
7
5
5
6
2
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 32
Keeper of Data:
Uknown, 2000, 2001 GIS Data: Mark Applequist, GIS Coordinator, mapplequist@fs.fed.us
1992-95, 2004-05, 2008: Carl Bauer
2009: Kristi Murphy
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
yes
yes
yes
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
yes
yes
no
Notes:
9 sections
37 sites
8 corridors
11 trails
Notes:
1 corridor
16 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
The Conejos Peak Ranger District did not have any record of a campsite inventory being
conducted on their portion of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area.
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Sarvis Creek Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Routt:
John Anarella
45,190
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Yampa
janarella@fs.fed.us
970-638-4516
103-77
Contacts:
John Anarella
E-mails:
Meeting:
janarella@fs.fed.us 7/29/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
1993
2003
Yampa
Yampa
Frissel
Frissel
Digital?
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
OffTrail?
yes
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
Georeference:
Coordinates
Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
2
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 4
Keeper of Data: John Anarella
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
yes
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
Not exceeded
2 sites
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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South San Juan Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Rio Grande:
San Juan:
John Murphy
158,790
12/22/1980
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Conejos Peak
Pagosa
jrmurphy@fs.fed.us
719-582-6221
96-560
103-77
Contacts:
Antonio Lucero
Dave Baker
Ros Wu
E-mails:
Meeting:
amlucero@fs.fed.us 8/18/2009
djbaker@fs.fed.us
8/17/2009
rwu@fs.fed.us
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
1996
Conejos Peak
Pagosa
Conejos Peak
Pagosa
Conejos Peak
Pagosa
Conejos Peak
Conejos Peak
Pagosa
Pagosa
Pagosa
Conejos Peak
Pagosa
Pagosa
Pagosa
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2005
2007
2008
Digital?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
Photos?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 15
Keeper of Data: Dave Baker
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapped?
yes
yes
no*
yes*
n/a
Notes:
11 sections
12 sites
3 trails
*Not mapped for Pagosa Ranger District (see Data Gaps below)
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes*
no
Notes:
2 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
*Not mapped for Pagosa Ranger District (see Data Gaps below)
Data Gaps:
Ros (Pagosa Ranger District) was unable to attend the entire meeting. Identification of areas
exceeding social encounter and social trail standards as well as visitor use levels is not mapped.
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Spanish Peaks Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
San Isabel:
Carl Bauer
19,200
11/7/2000
Ranger Districts:
San Carlos
crbauer@fs.fed.us
719-269-8702
106-456
Contacts:
Carl Bauer
Mike Smith
E-mails:
Meeting:
crbauer@fs.fed.us
8/20/2009
msmith05@fs.fed.us
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
2009-10
San Carlos
Rapid Cole
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
OffTrail?
yes
Photos?
yes
Georeference:
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 2
Keeper of Data: Carl Bauer
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
n/a
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
3 trails
Notes:
1 corridor
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps: Not encountered
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Uncompahgre Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
Kris Ann Wist
kwist@fs.fed.us
970-240-5414
99,399
12/22/1980
96-560
8/13/1993
103-77
National Forests: Ranger Districts: Contacts:
E-mails:
Meeting:
Uncompahgre:
Ouray
Kris Ann Wist
kwist@fs.fed.us
8/13/2009
Gunnison:
Gunnison
Kai Allen
kallen01@fs.fed.us 8/12/2009
*Part of this Wilderness Area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
1984
1985
1986
1988
1990
1995
Gunnison
Gunnison
Ouray
Ouray
Ouray
Ouray
Gunnison
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Digital?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
Photos?
Georeference:
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 35
Keeper of Data: Carol Howe, GMUG Resource Information Specialist, chowe@fs.fed.us
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
yes
9 sections
Campsites
yes
7 sites
Social Encounters yes*
3 corridors
Social Trails
n/a
Not exceeded
Other
n/a
*Social Encounters not completely mapped for Gunnison Ranger District (see Data Gaps below).
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
8 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Kai (Gunnison Ranger District) did not have adequate ROS maps available to identify where all
social encounters were being exceeded.
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Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Arapaho:
Mike Ricketts
12,986
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Sulphur
mricketts@fs.fed.us
970-887-4133
103-77
Contacts:
Andrew Sauthoff
E-mails:
Meeting:
asauthoff@fs.fed.us 8/5/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
Digital?
1993
2009
Sulphur
Sulphur
Frissel
Rapid Cole
no
yes
Entire
Area?
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
Georeference:
Description
GIS - GPS coordinates
C-E
Rating:
8
2
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 10
Keeper of Data: Mike Ricketts
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
System Trails
Campsites
Social Encounters
Social Trails
Other
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
no
yes
n/a
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
n/a
no
Notes:
Not exceeded
Not exceeded
See Data Gaps below
1 trail
Notes:
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Andrew did not have access to a map showing ROS across the Wilderness Area as well as
defined social encounter standards for each zone.
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Weminuche Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Rio Grande:
San Juan:
Dave Baker
492,418
1/3/1975
8/13/1993
Ranger Districts:
Divide
Columbine
Pagosa
djbaker@fs.fed.us
970-385-1240
93-632
103-77
Contacts:
Lisa McClure
Dave Baker
Jim Summrall
Dave Baker
Ros Wu
E-mails:
Meeting:
lmcclure@fs.fed.us
8/18/2009
djbaker@fs.fed.us
8/17/2009
jbsummrall@fs.fed.us
djbaker@fs.fed.us
rwu@fs.fed.us
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
1996
Columbine
Divide
Columbine
Divide
Columbine
Divide
Pagosa
Columbine
Divide
Pagosa
Columbine
Divide
Pagosa
Columbine
Pagosa
Columbine
Pagosa
Columbine
Pagosa
Columbine
Columbine
Divide
Pagosa
Columbine
Pagosa
Columbine
Pagosa
Columbine
Pagosa
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
Cole
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Digital?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
Photos?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 29
Keeper of Data: Dave Baker
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Weminuche Wilderness Area continued…
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
yes
17 sections
Campsites
yes
23 sites
Social Encounters yes*
2 corridors
Social Trails
yes*
2 trails
Other
n/a
*Not mapped for Pagosa Ranger District (see Data Gaps below)
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Mapped? Notes:
Magnet
n/a
High
yes*
6 corridors
Medium
yes*
10 corridors
Low
no
Assumed to be all remaining areas
*Not mapped for Pagosa Ranger District (see Data Gaps below)
Data Gaps:
Ros was unable to attend the entire meeting. Identification of areas exceeding social encounter
and social trail standards as well as visitor use levels is not mapped for the Pagosa Ranger
District.
Nancy Berry of the Columbine Ranger District may have knowledge of additional sites and
corridors as well as visitor use levels.
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West Elk Wilderness Area
Lead Manager:
Acreage:
Established:
National Forests:
Gunnison:
Vic Ullrey
176,412
9/3/1964
12/22/1980
Ranger Districts:
Paonia
Gunnison
vullrey@fs.fed.us
970-527-4131
88-577
96-560
Contacts:
Vic Ullrey
Kai Allen
E-mails:
Meeting:
vullrey@fs.fed.us
8/3/2009
kallen01@fs.fed.us 8/12/2009
Campsite Inventory:
Year:
Ranger District:
Protocol:
1979
1984
1998*
Gunnison
Paonia
Gunnison
Paonia
Paonia
Gunnison
Code-a-Site
Code-a-Site
Frissel
Frissel
Frissel
Rapid Cole
2009
2010
Digital?
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Entire
Area?
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
OffTrail?
no
no
no
no
yes
yes
Photos?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Georeference:
Sketch on form
Sketch on form
Description
Description
GPS
GIS - GPS Coordinates
C-E
Rating:
9
9
8
8
2
2
* 1998 inventory was conducted by Darrel Jury and Western State College.
Total Condition-Effort Rating: 38
Keeper of Data: Kai Allen
Mapping Exceeding Standards:
Standard:
Mapped? Notes:
System Trails
yes
12 sections
Campsites
n/a
Not exceeded
Social Encounters n/a*
Not exceed in Paonia Ranger District
Social Trails
yes
22 trails
Other
yes
Density of trails exceeded in 1 area
*Social Encounters not completely mapped for Gunnison Ranger District (see Data Gaps below).
Mapping Visitor Use Levels:
Level:
Magnet
High
Medium
Low
Mapped?
n/a
n/a
yes
no
Notes:
3 corridors
Assumed to be all remaining areas
Data Gaps:
Kai (Gunnison Ranger District) did not have adequate ROS maps available to identify where all
social encounters were being exceeded.
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