Looks like yesterday the Land Exchange was approved on the Blue River. I e-mailed inquiring about when the new takeout would be open and ready.
Blue Valley Land Exchange approved
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- Creation of the Confluence Recreation Area that will include a picnic area, walking trails, a take-out for river floaters, wheelchair-accessible fishing access and significant fishery habitat enhancements to this stretch of the Blue River near its confluence with the Colorado River.
- Development of a seasonal take-out and rest stop at Spring Creek Road Bridge.
- Establishment of the Green Mountain Canyon Trailhead.
Looking at this photo I don't see how anglers gain "more" access lol.We lose that 1/4 bend in the valley IYKYK.
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Hopefully this help keeps all the front rangers on the Blue chasing “trout” and off of the goods further west!
The big drawback is that (as I understand it) is you can take out, but you can't put in at Spring Creek. This means you still have to deal with lining your boat down the bank to put in below the dam. If the Bureau of Reclamation ever decided they want to limit the use of the land below the dam, there would be no access to the Blue below the dam.
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That swap in the canyon is that the only camping spot that people would use there on river left? So that is gone now?
edit: nvm, thats upstream.
edit: nvm, thats upstream.
How is this enforced?
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It's not. While I've never put in at spring creek there ain't nothing stopping ya except a sign, a railing, and a shitty hike down to the river.
I guess I meant in the future, once theres a "
- Development of a seasonal take-out and rest stop at Spring Creek Road Bridge.
The takeout at Spring Creek is on Jones property. He allows people to use his land to exit the river. He does not want people using it to float his land for obvious reasons (see the upper c ) Getting a proper take out below the trough road will be a good thing. I'm jealous of the land owners who have the access to the east of Jones place. They already have their own put in and now Jones will be making them a take out.
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That put in access would be awesome. I've seen people use that over the years and that seems ideal if you want to hammer the ranch.
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I've run my mini max upper 200's to spring creek no problems
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How will this affect the Gore Canyon launch site at the confluence? The description of a "Confluence Recreation Area" sounds like a lot of infrastructure to be built in a place with a relatively small footprint. More traffic until these modifications are in place? The parking at the confluence of the Blue and Colorado is already pushed to capacity on some August weekends.
You can see the plans for more parking ect on the Blue Valley web site.
While I recognize the ranch owner has done quite a bit to preserve habitat and wildlife, this exchange sure seems to be more of a play to minimize river traffic on a very navigable river, that just happens to run by his house. Surely, this whole event was initiated by Jones and his people. Yes, the net acreage exchange seems to indicate some semblance of goodwill, but I only see a greater restriction to overall river access. While improvements at the confluence with the Colorado will be nice, the “seasonal” take-out at Spring Creek seems like a red herring…. The very fact it’s called a “take-out“ and not a boat ramp or “put-in” speaks volumes.
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