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For years, Chris Geiger has kept an eye on the development of the Wulfsohn Mountain Park open space south of Glenwood Meadows Shopping Center, while encouraging Glenwood Springs leaders to enhance outdoor recreational opportunities for citizens.
Geiger first became involved with Wulfsohn Mountain Park through the Friends of Wulfsohn Mountain Park, a citizen group that urged Glenwood Springs to protect and improve public access to the property. He then served on the stakeholder committee for the Wulfsohn master planning process, as an outgrowth of his membership in the Glenwood Springs River Commission.
It was through this process that he met David Hamilton, director of the Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers, and became impressed with RFOV's mission and successes in the Roaring Fork Valley. Geiger is now a volunteer with RFOV, which conducts trail and conservation projects on public lands from Aspen to Rifle.
He is being honored as the volunteer of the month for May as part of RFOV's volunteer recognition program, which aims to recognize citizens who are making a lasting contribution to the area's public lands.
With encouragement and support from RFOV, Geiger has continued to further enhance outdoor recreation in and around Glenwood Springs by helping to found Two Rivers Trails, a volunteer organization dedicated to planning, building and maintaining unpaved trails for bicycling and hiking.
“My involvement with Wulfsohn Mountain Park, and now Two Rivers Trails, flows from my interest in enhancing recreational options that are accessible to Glenwood Springs, activities that you don't have to drive to in order to enjoy,” Geiger said. “To experience a place like Wulfsohn just requires that you lace up your shoes or get on the bike, and head out the back door.”
Geiger believes that Wulfsohn Mountain Park is possibly the best recreational opportunity for Glenwood Springs residents. The 198-acre park is adjacent to the Glenwood Springs Community Center, and incorporates the shrub oak forest and steep red hillsides above the Glenwood Meadows Shopping Center.
The land was dedicated to the city of Glenwood Springs by the Glenwood Meadows developers in 2002. According to the Wulfsohn master planning documents, it is the single largest park in the city.
“I think most people are unaware what an incredible space this is,” Geiger said. “When you drive by and look up at the area, it does not look very big. But there is a lot of space to explore, and it has some interesting terrain types that don't exist in other places around Glenwood.”
RFOV has been a partner in developing the trails at Wulfsohn Mountain Park since 2005. The main Wulfsohn Trail offers views to the valley below and of the red hillsides above, and takes the user through Gambel oak groves. Charred oak trunk remnants from the 2002 Coal Seam Fire stand out among the new growth of green.
As part of its 2011 season, RFOV is collaborating with Two Rivers Trails and the city of Glenwood Springs to host Thursday evening work projects in May to continue building a new single-track loop uphill from the main trail. Volunteers can check in any time after 4 p.m. at the RFOV registration area near the community garden to lend a hand and be part of the new Two Rivers Trails effort to enhance Glenwood's recreational opportunities.
Although Two Rivers Trails just formed last spring, the founding members want to become a general trail adoption maintenance group for the entire Glenwood Springs area, Geiger explained.
“We will follow the model that's been established by RFOV, but focus on this particular area of the valley,” he said.
In addition to the Wulfsohn projects, the group's immediate goals are to establish a board of directors and train members to be trail crew leaders.
More information is available at Two Rivers Trail's Facebook page, or from tworiverstrails@gmail.com
Geiger first became involved with Wulfsohn Mountain Park through the Friends of Wulfsohn Mountain Park, a citizen group that urged Glenwood Springs to protect and improve public access to the property. He then served on the stakeholder committee for the Wulfsohn master planning process, as an outgrowth of his membership in the Glenwood Springs River Commission.
It was through this process that he met David Hamilton, director of the Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers, and became impressed with RFOV's mission and successes in the Roaring Fork Valley. Geiger is now a volunteer with RFOV, which conducts trail and conservation projects on public lands from Aspen to Rifle.
He is being honored as the volunteer of the month for May as part of RFOV's volunteer recognition program, which aims to recognize citizens who are making a lasting contribution to the area's public lands.
With encouragement and support from RFOV, Geiger has continued to further enhance outdoor recreation in and around Glenwood Springs by helping to found Two Rivers Trails, a volunteer organization dedicated to planning, building and maintaining unpaved trails for bicycling and hiking.
“My involvement with Wulfsohn Mountain Park, and now Two Rivers Trails, flows from my interest in enhancing recreational options that are accessible to Glenwood Springs, activities that you don't have to drive to in order to enjoy,” Geiger said. “To experience a place like Wulfsohn just requires that you lace up your shoes or get on the bike, and head out the back door.”
Geiger believes that Wulfsohn Mountain Park is possibly the best recreational opportunity for Glenwood Springs residents. The 198-acre park is adjacent to the Glenwood Springs Community Center, and incorporates the shrub oak forest and steep red hillsides above the Glenwood Meadows Shopping Center.
The land was dedicated to the city of Glenwood Springs by the Glenwood Meadows developers in 2002. According to the Wulfsohn master planning documents, it is the single largest park in the city.
“I think most people are unaware what an incredible space this is,” Geiger said. “When you drive by and look up at the area, it does not look very big. But there is a lot of space to explore, and it has some interesting terrain types that don't exist in other places around Glenwood.”
RFOV has been a partner in developing the trails at Wulfsohn Mountain Park since 2005. The main Wulfsohn Trail offers views to the valley below and of the red hillsides above, and takes the user through Gambel oak groves. Charred oak trunk remnants from the 2002 Coal Seam Fire stand out among the new growth of green.
As part of its 2011 season, RFOV is collaborating with Two Rivers Trails and the city of Glenwood Springs to host Thursday evening work projects in May to continue building a new single-track loop uphill from the main trail. Volunteers can check in any time after 4 p.m. at the RFOV registration area near the community garden to lend a hand and be part of the new Two Rivers Trails effort to enhance Glenwood's recreational opportunities.
Although Two Rivers Trails just formed last spring, the founding members want to become a general trail adoption maintenance group for the entire Glenwood Springs area, Geiger explained.
“We will follow the model that's been established by RFOV, but focus on this particular area of the valley,” he said.
In addition to the Wulfsohn projects, the group's immediate goals are to establish a board of directors and train members to be trail crew leaders.
More information is available at Two Rivers Trail's Facebook page, or from tworiverstrails@gmail.com
