Why some state park campgrounds will open later than scheduled

Campgrounds at seven Colorado state parks could have delayed openings this spring due to deep snow cowl within the state’s northwest area.

4 of the affected parks are close to Steamboat Springs, the place the present snowpack is 33 p.c above regular. Two are on the Western Slope and one is west of Fort Collins close to Walden.

“Workers at every state park will proceed to observe and work to get campgrounds open as quickly as they will achieve this safely and with out injury to the realm,” in keeping with Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “Nonetheless, CPW anticipates these campgrounds will stay closed till mid-Might.”

CPW’s statewide spokeswoman, Bridget O’Rourke, confirmed that these seven parks are the one state campgrounds more likely to have delayed openings. They’re: Steamboat Lake, Pearl Lake, Yampa River and Stagecoach state parks within the Steamboat space; Sylvan Lake State Park, close to Eagle; Vega State Park, on the northern fringe of the Grand Mesa; and State Forest State Park, 25 miles southeast of Walden.

“Anybody with a tenting reservation whose website is not going to be out there shall be contacted instantly from the park two weeks previous to the beginning of your reservation,” the CPW launch mentioned. “Anybody with a tenting reservation from April 1 (till) mid-Might on the impacted parks can even contact that park for extra data and subsequent steps.”

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