Current Conditions at Rampart

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Current Conditions from Conifer Senior HS, Conifer, CO
    Sunny
Temperature: 89.4 °F
Humidity: N/A %              Dew Point: N/A °F
Wind Speed: 7 mph NNE    Gusts: 18 mph NNE
Pressure: 30.14 "              Rain Today: 0.00 "

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Current Conditions from Ute Pass ES, Chipita Park, CO
    Sunny
Temperature: 83.3 °F
Humidity: 23 %              Dew Point: 43 °F
Wind Speed: 6 mph NNE    Gusts: 23 mph ENE
Pressure: 30.28 "              Rain Today: 0.00 "

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Reports from RampartConditions

May 7, 2008Trails are OPEN as of 5/7/08
The Forest Service has reopened the trails and Rampart Range Road as of today. Ride safely and be considerate of the environment. -RRMMC...
Mar 31, 2008Trails AND Road CLOSED temporarily beginning March 31st
... Due to the recent warm weather, and the resulting muddy conditions, the Rampart Range OHV Recreation Area will be closed to all motorized vehicles,...
Mar 11, 2008Update from the USFS 3/10/08
Well over 100 inches of snow has fallen on the Rampart Range this winter, with over a foot of new snow in the last week. So far the temperatures have remained...
Feb 1, 2008Quick report as of 1/29/08
We went to Rampart the past two Tuesdays and it was fantastic (today is 1/31/08). The road was packed enough for us to ride without issue. A lot of the trails...
Jan 2, 20081/01/08-Clear, Sunny and perfect snow!
My wife, the dog and I visited rampart range today as a scouting expedition. We found hard packed snow(perfect for ATV or snowmobiling) on Rampart Range road...
Jan 1, 2008Rampart Range Road is CLOSED for the season
Rampart Range Road is now CLOSED for the season. Weather permitting, the trails will remain open. Please remember to tread lightly and stay on the trail to...
Oct 29, 2007Quick Report for 10/28/2007
Conditions on Sunday were close to perfect, some snow left from last weekend's storm but 99% of the snow was gone. Traction was very good and little to no...
Oct 26, 2007Rampart Update as of 10/25/07
After talking to the Forest Service at the Rampart Management meeting on 10/25 sounds like the Ram got around a foot of snow last week It appears to be going...
May 22, 2007Conditions on 3/17
Rode ATV on 690 to 673 to Sprucewood and returned. No snow, just puddles and a little mud. All downed trees were cut and moved....
May 15, 2007Conditions 5/13/07
Went 4-wheeling in our Jeep on Sunday--trails were great, few puddles and snow, but nothing major. Ony came across 1 or 2 trees across a trail. It was great...
May 12, 2007Trails and Road are OPEN!
As of today, Rampart Range Road and the trail system at Rampart have been reopened! The State Trail Crew hauled out over 1000 down trees and they are still...
May 1, 2007Trail Closure Status
As of today, the trails are still closed. There was another heavy snowfall last week that caused the closure to be extended even longer than expected. The...
Mar 30, 2007Effective Mar 30, 2007, Rampart trails are temporarily CLOSED
The USFS has issued an emergency closure of the Rampart Range Motorized Recreation Area to motorized vehicles other than snowmobiles, effective Friday, March...
Mar 19, 2007Gorgeous day, melting fast
I took advantage of the beautiful weather on Sunday and rode the KLR up to see how things looked. I came in from the Highway 67 side through Sedalia. The snow...
Jan 21, 2007Snowmobiler's delight, perhaps not so good for bikes...
As you can imagine, there is a LOT of snow at Rampart right now. I don't have an ATV or snowmobile, but I was up at the Sprucewood this morning and decided to...

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If you've visited Rampart recently and would like to make a report on current conditions, put your information in an email to conditions@rampartrange.org. Useful information will show up here once it has been approved by the moderators. It may take a while, especially on weekends, so be patient. We will also pass along relevant information about trail maintenance issues to the Forest Service or our own work parties as appropriate.

Note that messages are subject to approval and we reserve the right to edit or reject them before posting if they do not meet our standards. Please keep messages concise. Subject lines should be less than 68 characters if possible. Some examples of good message headers include "There is a tree down on trail xxx that is causing riders to detour." or "Trail xxx is starting to develop serious rutting near blaa blaa." or "Thinning crews have trail xxx closed today." or "It rained like crazy last night and conditions are awesome." You may expand on the information in the message body, however only the first 73 characters will be shown on this page. Readers will be able to click on the link to read the rest of your message.

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