Bones
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Mid Missouri
As the CO event coordinator it falls to me to decide if this event should go on as scheduled. It is not an easy decision. I know that there are many that have invested quite a bit of money and scheduled once a year work leave to attend this run, but the current drought and fire problems in Colorado are causing me to reconsider if this is the time to be trekking to and through the mountains.
There is no way to know if the areas we were planning trails in will even be open during the run. Pike NF is closed and it looks as if San Isabel will be closing soon. Gunnison NF, while not on anyone's closure list at this time, can't be guaranteed open in late July, Nor can any of the state’s NFs at this time. The committee has been weighing options to try and keep a CO run on the books for ’02 but with the new fire in the San Juan’s it’s clear that the whole state is in the same shape.
I am leaning towards canceling the '02 NAXA CO run and trying again in '03 but I'm keeping an open mind at this point. My main reason for considering canceling CO ’02 is safety. Fire can travel faster than we can in the mountains. I don’t want to see anyone get hurt or killed.
As I said I’m keeping an open mind. I’d like to know what those of you who still planned on coming think about the situation. If you think the event should go on as planned, convince me. If you feel it should be postponed a year give me some ideas on what we can do on short notice to still be able to offer something to those that have already scheduled the holiday time.
Thanks,
Bones
There is no way to know if the areas we were planning trails in will even be open during the run. Pike NF is closed and it looks as if San Isabel will be closing soon. Gunnison NF, while not on anyone's closure list at this time, can't be guaranteed open in late July, Nor can any of the state’s NFs at this time. The committee has been weighing options to try and keep a CO run on the books for ’02 but with the new fire in the San Juan’s it’s clear that the whole state is in the same shape.
I am leaning towards canceling the '02 NAXA CO run and trying again in '03 but I'm keeping an open mind at this point. My main reason for considering canceling CO ’02 is safety. Fire can travel faster than we can in the mountains. I don’t want to see anyone get hurt or killed.
As I said I’m keeping an open mind. I’d like to know what those of you who still planned on coming think about the situation. If you think the event should go on as planned, convince me. If you feel it should be postponed a year give me some ideas on what we can do on short notice to still be able to offer something to those that have already scheduled the holiday time.
Thanks,
Bones