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Discussion in 'The Rockies – It's all downhill from here...' started by mpatch, Jun 5, 2013.

  1. mpatch, Jun 5, 2013
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    mpatch

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    Why is Sevenmile always open vs everything else in the area?
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  2. Wudscrasher, Jun 5, 2013
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    Relatively flat, tons of rocks (no erosion), less snow? :dunno
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  3. Jayrod1318, Jun 5, 2013
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    Maybe they forgot to lock it up?
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  4. HellSickle, Jun 6, 2013
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    HellSickle

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    It wasn't always that way.

    It's always been open in the winter as a winter recreation trail. There are still sections at the upper end that are only open in the winter.

    During spring melt, they had a lot of water running down the trail and kept it closed. I think they eventually decided that it was eroded to rock already and they didn't have the resources to correct the stream course, so they just kept it open.
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