The City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks (OSMP) on January 12 gave an update on the damage to the roughly 2,000 acres of city-owned open space. Of the south Boulder open space east of Highway 93, about 2/3 is owned by the city and 1/3 is owned by Boulder County Parks & Open Space (BCPOS).
OSMP property is shown in light green, BCPOS property in yellow.
All trails east of Highway 93 remain closed due to fire damage. Here’s a list of impacts to OSMP managed areas:
- Marshall Mesa trailhead closed
- Marshall Mesa restroom – total loss
- 6.7 miles of OSMP trails
- 3 bridges largely intact
- ~15 signs lost
- 2 of 63 cultural resources
- Fox Stone barn and Hogan Homesite
- 12 miles of Ag fencing and 29 gates
- Solar stock watering pump
- Tenant lost 10 bulls, 1 heifer, horse trailer and 5,000 bales of hay
- ~2,000 acres of grassland
- ~1.5M preliminary estimate
View the 55 minute video update starting at 10:45 to the Open Space Board of Trustees on January 12:
Slide deck from OSBT presentation:
