and last updated 2021-07-23 16:57:41-04
SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. â Starting on July 30, all visitors to a popular 14,000-plus-foot peak in Summit County and its trailhead will need to either reserve parking online or use a free shuttle.
The county will start the Quandary Peak Shuttle & Parking pilot program this summer to address safety issues related to limited parking and access at the trailhead for the 14,265-foot mountain. The program was started through a partnership between Summit County, the U.S. Forest Service, Towns of Blue River and Breckenridge, and Colorado Springs Utilities.
These new rules also apply to the McCullough Gulch trailhead, which shares the same parking area as Quandary visitors.
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A line of cars parked along Colorado Highway 9 near the Quandary Peak Trailhead outside of Blue River is pictured Tuesday, July 20. Parking along county roads near the trailhead has presented public safety concerns, and local officials are in the midst of ironing out details to help mitigate the issue.
When Summit County officials met last week to discuss some of the measures that will be implemented at the Quandary Peak Trailhead, concerns about how visitors, and especially locals, would access the McCullough Gulch Trailhead nearby were raised.
Summit County Commissioner Elisabeth Lawrence asked the county’s Open Space and Trails Department, Summit County Sheriff’s Office and other stakeholder groups to collaborate and brainstorm potential strategies. At Tuesday’s Summit Board of County Commissioners’ work session meeting, Lawrence said she still felt “uncomfortable” with the solutions presented.
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