Durango Telegraph Article
Breaking trail
BLM gives OK for new singletrack system in Silverton
Missy Votel - 09/24/2020
The wait is over. After years of an uphill battle to bring more user-friendly riding to Silverton, mountain bikers have gotten their wish.
This week, the Bureau of Land Management gave its blessing to 30 new miles of singletrack on land it manages just north of the small town. Known as Baker’s Park, the trails are part of the newly updated Silverton Travel Management Plan, which represents years in the making.
“We are pretty dang stoked,” Klemens Branner said Tuesday from Silverton. Branner is the president of the Silverton Singletrack Society, which spearheaded the effort to get more – and better – riding options around Silverton. “It’s been a long road to get to this point,” he said.