{"id":22851,"date":"2020-05-11T17:19:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T23:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64591"},"modified":"2020-05-11T17:19:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T23:19:48","slug":"colorado-to-begin-reopening-state-campgrounds-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/colorado-to-begin-reopening-state-campgrounds-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado to begin reopening state campgrounds Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"50.140486298726\">\n<p>Don\u2019t expect anything like last year\u2019s camping trips, but Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has indicated Colorado Parks and Wildlife will start reopening campgrounds at state parks on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know Coloradans have been anxious to get back to extended stays in our beautiful state parks, but it\u2019s important to be able to open camping safely,\u201d Polis said Monday at the state capitol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During his remarks, the governor explained state health officials would begin working with individual counties, taking into account local public health orders, to begin implementing reopening plans for camping and start taking reservations at state parks as soon as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Polis also warned campers their trips \u201cmay look very different from what (they) might be used to.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Per the governor\u2019s guidance, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the agency will begin working with counties that are open and willing to receive visitors to reopen state parks immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The agency emphasized that it will look for a phased approach and only reopen parks with county coordination. Also, CPW said that some parks could have limited facilities once reopened while others could remain closed based on local needs.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the COVID-19 restrictions, campers are now being asked to bring their own meals, fill up on gas before leaving home, bring their own cleaning supplies and personal hygiene items, and to wear masks when out in public, among many other things.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, other CPW guidelines tell campers to plan as if they \u201care going to the moon,\u201d as the agency warns them they must have a reservation.<\/p>\n<p>For more info or to make camping reservations, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpwshop.com\/home.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cpwshop.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.297535211268\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 pr-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.154867256637\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Grand County make the Sky-Hi News&#8217; work possible. 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Jared Polis has indicated Colorado Parks and Wildlife will start reopening campgrounds at state parks on Tuesday. \u201cWe know Coloradans have been anxious to get back to extended stays in our beautiful state parks, but it\u2019s important to be able to open camping safely,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 02:50:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}