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Red Hill trail counters show heavy year-round use; town tapping endowment for two-week professional trail crew
Summary
Town staff reported about 60,000 annual trail users at Red Hill in 2024, described new counters (including a buried bike counter), and said the town will use $12,223 from an Aspen Valley Land Trust maintenance endowment and contract Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers for skilled trail armoring work.
Carbondale staff presented trail-counting results and maintenance plans for Red Hill, reporting sustained, year-round use and a plan to deploy professional trail crews for heavy repairs.
Eric Brenlinger described the town’s sensor network and said the new buried bike counter at the trail network entrance will better capture bicycle traffic. He said existing infrared counters produce conservative counts because they also record nonhuman triggers (animals, dogs) and because some users do point-to-point routes the counters only…
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