Avimor Trail System

Avimor Trails PSA: WInter Trail Closures / Access Restrictions to Broken Horn Road

Trail closures to accommodate and protect wintering wildlife will begin on Friday, December 1, 2023 and will remain in effect through March 31, 2024. These closures affect many of Avimor's trails including the popular Spring Creek trail which is closed east of the canyon. Consult the annotated trail map (see attached) for details and please respect the wildlife by observing the posted signage. Note that trails located near the village center (i.e. within the yellow line) are the only trails that will remain open. Authorized hunters are excepted.
Also, due to damage from offroad vehicles, the easement for Broken Horn Road, Trail #11, was revoked by the property owners / neighbors south of Avimor. A new access agreement has been negotiated that will restrict access to any motorized vehicles in the future. Until the easement is finalized, however, NO ACCESS is permitted including pedestrian and bicycle. An update will be provided when the easement is finalized. Please respect the property owners' privacy and rights lest all access be terminated.

Avimor Trail Coordinator
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Avimor residents received a PSA email from Zoe, our conservation director, about seasonal trail closures. The email included an updated trail map and well as discussions about trail rules and etiquette. The contents of the email are applicable to non-residents as well. A link to a browser version of the PSA email is provided later in the post.

A couple of takeaways from the email include:

(1) new trail closures are now in effect. These include closures imposed in the past as well as Fiddleneck Ridge ( #12) from the trailhead at Broken Horn Road ( #11) to the junction with Fisher Lane / Broken Horn ( #13), Fisher Lane / Broken Horn ( #13) east of its junction with Fiddleneck ( #12), and Burnt Car ( #10) east of its junction with Fiddleneck ( #12).

(2) The construction areas to the north and the trails within are still closed. Much of the area will be either extremely muddy or frozen with many large, deep ruts that can be ankle twisters depending on temperature. There are also some open trenches the last time I checked.

(3) a reminder that on all open trails from December 1 - March 31

"ALL DOGS MUST BE ON LEASHES - NO EXCEPTIONS!"

Note: use of service dogs on the trails is pursuant to Title 56-704A

I've included an annotated version of the trail map provided in the email blast to more clearly define the boundaries of the seasonal closures as well as the construction closures. Should the status of the construction area change during this period, the seasonal closure extents indicated by the YELLOW line will still be in effect.

The following is a link to the browser version of the PSA email:

https://mailchi.mp/9216c3817ac0/avimor-seasonal-trail-closures-effective-dec-1st?e=a7a504183b&fbclid=IwAR3o_FMz6Z-i_CPhmxLR50RJYrmqbY58rF4qK78NmiLNN5pfbvIjhjX5h6I

Trails Update:
A cattle guard bridge has replaced the gate on the ranch access road ( #18) at the end of Phase 10.

Here are pictures of the bridge by itself and with the side by side we sometimes utilize for trail maintenance.

This is a new design which may be utilized at other gate locations in the future.

Avimor Trail News: Picture of the recontoured section near the trailhead of the Spring Valley Trail.