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The Rio Grande National Forest portion of the WSA includes 660 acres of private lands within the boundary. See Figure 12. These private lands include 130 acres on the west side of Mount Blanca including the old abandoned townsite of Como. Future development of this land may be expected. Other lands include a 160 acre tract located in Sand Creek, The owner has requested a permit for an access road to this patented land. It appears that access from the western side of the range would be infeasible and that the most feasible access might be from the eastern side across Music Pass, The remainder of the patented lands generally occur as scattered mining claims. Several rights-of-way are needed to provide access to National Forest lands in the WSA on both the west and east sides. Also, rights-of-way are needed at several points where the Rainbow Trail crosses private land without a public right-of-way. In other places, the trail needs to be relocated to avoid private land, If motorized Use of the trail is to be continued, a modification of the Wilderness Study Area boundary will be necessary to allow room for relocation of the trail. At least one landowner has indicated an unwillingness to grant a right-of-way across private land and has requested that the trail be relocated. The Bureau essentially claims. of Land Management Black Canyon WSA is bisected by three patented mining 15. Transportation The Sangre de Cristo WSA is generally accessible from Highway 50 on the northeast side, from Highway 69 between the Arkansas River and Walsenburg on the eastern side, and from Highway 17 between Salida and Alamosa on the western side. Major access points on the eastern slope are at the Hayden Creek Road, Lake Creek Campground, Hermit Lake Road, Alvarado Campgound, Medano Pass Road, and Mosca Pass Road. 68 ~- r' I I! '16t-,..., , '.1"; . It)