The 2021 numbers are not the lowest that hiker visits have fallen — just 288,000 hikers were counted in 2019 due to excessive spring snowpack — but they do represent the most significant annual decline that the initiative has recorded. (via thknwco)
Liability issue concerns, parking restrictions and wildfire smoke all contributed to 112,000 fewer visits to Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks in 2021, down 27% from 2020, according to a report by the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative.of hikers made the trek up Colorado’s fourteeners in 2020, when pandemic lockdowns popularized the outdoor activity, making the 2021 decline particularly stark.
The lack of a steady trend has made tracking the economic impact of visitors more difficult for the Colorado Fourteener Initiative, which uses the numbers to gauge the amount of money being brought to area businesses and restaurants and to fundraise on behalf of its work to modify trails to sustain foot traffic and protect the fragile alpine ecosystem.
Reiber, who owns land on Mount Democrat and Mount Lincoln, temporarily shut down the “Decalibron Loop” encompassing Democrat, Lincoln and Mount Bross from May 1 to Aug. 6, 2021. The loop was reopened once liability signage was created along the route, but the summit of Bross remains closed.
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