{"id":2457655,"date":"2020-04-24T15:43:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T21:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324854"},"modified":"2020-04-24T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T21:43:53","slug":"wondering-if-your-local-trails-are-closed-due-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak-this-app-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/wondering-if-your-local-trails-are-closed-due-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak-this-app-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Wondering if your local trails are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak? This app can help"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Screenshot from the COTREX trails app, indicating the closure of Waterton Canyon (below) due to COVID-19 and \u201crolling closures\u201d at Deer Creek Canyon Park (above). The COTREX app was created by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and is free for users.<\/strong>
John Meyer, Denver Post<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

When Colorado Parks and Wildlife began working last fall to add a new functionality to its COTREX trail app that would track closures around the state this spring, there was no COVID-19. The idea was to improve the app by tracking common closures due to things like muddy trails and trailhead construction projects.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s live now, and that\u2019s timely because of increased use of trails and open spaces by people seeking to get out of the house for outdoors recreation, even as trails may be closed for social distancing considerations. Users can click on an area of the state and see closures or alerts covering trails, trailheads and other closures related to those trails. The app is free to users.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have been looking to websites and blog posts to find out what the latest trail condition is,\u201d said Alex Alma, trails and recreation project manager for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to step into that space to provide up-to-the-second information.\u201d<\/p>\n

The app includes information about trails on federal land \u2014 national parks, forests, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife \u2014 as well as Colorado state parks and county open spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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