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<br />:':,i:.,'t""..... -::-. .. '. .1 ~ <br />~ "." .. <br />~-...,. '.: <br /> <br />- .... .--..' <br /> <br />.:/:~ ~~ <br /> <br />"" <br />. . <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />SnOI'/mobile P,rea <br /> <br />Descrintion and Historv <br />. <br /> <br />Most of Area D-2, as identified on the map and which includes three <br />of the adversities described above is an area of heavy snowmobile <br />use. It also includes thr~~ large timber cuts made in the 1920's <br />and 1930's. It is an area where .established snol'lIl1obile IIse will be <br />effectively'elfminated under the S-nate reoorted boundary. <br /> <br />That part of Area D-2 plus the Senate addition up to the ora~ge line <br />north of South Willow Cr~ek contains 16,010 acres of ~ational Forest <br />land and 110 acres of other own~rship. lhe area is outlined on the <br />map with ailoranae line. It would be desirable to delete for the <br />recreation use it now accommodates. <br /> <br />The 1973 estimates of off-road vehicle use in this area total 3,500 <br />visitor-days of use; about tl'!o-thirds of which was sno\'lTTlobile use. <br />Comparable areas where the snm'lIl1obile activity could be moved, are <br />located at Vail Pass, approximately 15 miles further from the Denver- <br />Metro area, however these areas are already receiving heavy snm'lTTlobile <br />and cross-country ski use. <br /> <br />The Vail Pass ar'O'a has a conflict in use betl'/een cross-country ski use <br />and snollll1obiles which the 0-2 area use, if eliminated and transplanted <br />would only tend to compound. <br /> <br />All nonconformino uses shown on the attached map are existing with one <br />exception. That excention is .the F.ast ~'eadow Creek Timl:>er sale boundary <br />shown by a dashed areen line. nperations on this sale are restricted by <br />Court Order oendinq Presidential and Congressional action on the Eagles <br />Nest Wilderness Proposal. <br /> <br />100S <br />