Gore Canyon Access Road Closure

[riverbunnyak]

The access road to Gore Canyon/Blue River/Colorado River Confluence will be closed for construction the week of Sept. 11 for 2 or 3 days. I will update you with specific details when I know more.

If you will be running Gore Canyon, please make other arrangements for putting on the river.

Thanks,

Bunny Sterin
BLM Recreation Planner

[Waterwindpowderrock]

what about parking on trough road & walking to the first putin (25 feet up the road?

[blutzski]

We did that on race day. Just be aware that there is another huge oxbow in the river between the gate and the normal put-in. It adds another two miles of flatwater to the paddle in according to Google Earth.

[Waterwindpowderrock]

I know, I'm just trying to figure out if commercials are going to be off-limits.

[riverbunny]

Reminder to all: The access road to Gore Canyon/Blue River/Colorado River Confluence will be CLOSED for construction the week of Sept. 11 for 2 or 3 days. This will affect ALL users accessing this area!

If you will be running Gore Canyon, please make other arrangements for putting on the river and be respectful of the private property owners.

Thanks,

Bunny Sterin
BLM Recreation Planner

[riverbunny]

The culvert replacement on the Gore Canyon put-in road will not occur until Monday, September 25th. The access road will be open until Sept. 25th. It will take 2 to 3 days to replace the culverts. The road will be closed from Sept. 25th- 27th. Apologies for any inconvenience this has caused.

BLM Recreation Staff

[Waterwindpowderrock]

thanks for the update, guess it's back to work for a while.