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Summit County OST summarizes 2025 visitor-use monitoring; Willowbrook busiest monitored trailhead
Summary
OST reported results from 2025 monitoring using 22 TRAFx counters and six trailhead monitors: Willowbrook was the busiest monitored trailhead, Lincoln reached capacity on 28% of days, and Laurium and Hoosier Pass reached capacity only 3–4% of days. OSAC discussed data gaps, future counters, Fremont Pass Recpath capacity and funding, and wildlife-closure compliance at Snake River Bluffs.
Open Space and Trails staff presented a 2025 visitor-use monitoring recap showing where trail and trailhead use is concentrated and where capacity pressures exist.
OST staff said they deployed 22 TRAFx counters in 2025 (11 natural-surface trails, eight Recpath, three vehicle counters) and monitored six trailheads (Deer Creek, Hoosier Pass, Laurium, Lincoln, Lower McCullough Gulch, Willowbrook). Willowbrook recorded the highest use among monitored trailheads (staff noted data were collected for only half the…
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