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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Today, I received the Fall 2009 edition of the Colorado
Trail Foundation's <U>Treadlines</U> and was pleased to read that the trail
across the top of the Twin Lakes dam has now been reopened to hikers.
<BR><BR>Paraphrasing from the article on page 11:<BR><BR>In October, BLM
announced it was reopening the CT/CDT across the Twin Lakes dam near Leadville
in segment 11. This re-establishes the top of the dam as the official CT/CDT
route. "As soon as our volunteers are able, we'll eliminate the signs on the
temporary route and re-establish the dam as the Trail." <BR><BR>The Mount Ebert
Pump Station, as well as the trail across the dam, was closed to the public "in
the interest of national security" amid the paranoia immediately after 9/11.
<IMG class=inlineimg title=Thinking border=0 alt=""
src="http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/images/smilies/think.gif"><BR><BR>Both the
CTF and the CDTA are to be thanked for their tireless efforts over the years to
get this section of shared trail re-established. No mention was made in the
article regarding the status of the pump station, which used to be a pleasant
rest stop for hikers. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>