In 2024, RRMMC accomplished a lot of work!

• 8,936.5 Volunteer Hours
• 611 Miles of Trails
• 405 Trees Cleared

The Rampart Range Motorized Management Committee (RRMMC) is  a 501c3 non-profit, all volunteer organization formed in 1972 to work cooperatively with the South Platte Ranger District in Pike & San Isabel National Forest to accomplish mutually beneficial objectives of constructing, maintaining and rehabilitating OHV trails.

Since 1972, the RRRMC has contributed over 65,000 hours of volunteer labor and equipment for work parties in the PSICC.

Since 2000, the RRMMC has been managing the operation of trail dozers and other equipment to maintain OHV trails in the PSICC.

Since 2005, the RRMMC has been managing the operation of trail dozers and other equipment to maintain OHV trails in RGFO.

The Rampart Range Motorized Management Committee (RRMMC) is  a 501c3 non-profit, all volunteer organization formed in 1972 to work cooperatively with the South Platte Ranger District in Pike & San Isabel National Forest to accomplish mutually beneficial objectives of constructing, maintaining and rehabilitating OHV trails.

Since 1972, the RRRMC has contributed over 65,000 hours of volunteer labor and equipment for work parties in the PSICC.

Since 2000, the RRMMC has been managing the operation of trail dozers and other equipment to maintain OHV trails in the PSICC.

Since 2005, the RRMMC has been managing the operation of trail dozers and other equipment to maintain OHV trails in RGFO.

• Participates in Challenge Cost Share Agreements with the Pike & San Isabel National Forest.
• Works collaboratively with both USFS & BLM Land Managers on trail maintenance.
• Contracts with independent contractors to perform trail maintenance.
• Annually, participates in the State OHV Trail Grant Program to maintain OHV trails.
• Organizes at least 6 volunteer work parties each year.
• Currently has over 50 active committee members and over 12k social media followers.

Trail Work – 37.2%

• Work Parties (22) and Ad Hoc projects
• Work can encompass tree clearing; tread hardening; water diversion; corridor clearing; reconstruction of existing trail segments; construction of bridges, loading ramps, and fencing; installation of signage; and closure and rehab of illegal routes.

Fundraisers – 36.4%

• Poker Runs (2)
• AADSR (1)

Outreach/Education – 9.8%

• Website & Social Media Management
• Public Outreach Events
• Education/Training for members
• Networking with other groups

Admin – 16.6%

• Committee & Subcommittee Meetings
• Grant Management & Planning
• Tool/Equipment Maintenance
• The business side of running a non-profit

Organized 10 public volunteer Work Parties in the Pike NF and BLM RGRO
– Coordinate with land managers for work dates & work plan, and perform the work.
– Coordinate with sponsors to pay for lunch for volunteers.
– Create public events to share and promote the work day and stewardship messaging on RRMMC social media and website.

Organized 12 members-only work parties for clearing deadfall and ad hoc projects as needed in the Pike NF
– Coordinate with land managers for work dates and work plan, perform the work.

Highlights:

• Pike NF – Soft launch of Enduro Skills Training Area at Oct work party
• Royal Gorge FO – Collaborated with CMTRA, CCMR, TPA, and Stay the Trail to open 3 new trails at Penrose Commons at Sept work party

Organized 10 public volunteer Work Parties in the Pike NF and BLM RGRO
– Coordinate with land managers for work dates & work plan, and perform the work.
– Coordinate with sponsors to pay for lunch for volunteers.
– Create public events to share and promote the work day and stewardship messaging on RRMMC social media and website.

Organized 12 members-only work parties for clearing deadfall and ad hoc projects as needed in the Pike NF
– Coordinate with land managers for work dates and work plan, perform the work.

Highlights:

• Pike NF – Soft launch of Enduro Skills Training Area at Oct work party
• Royal Gorge FO – Collaborated with CMTRA, CCMR, TPA, and Stay the Trail to open 3 new trails at Penrose Commons at Sept work party

Worked with PPRD to get 7 members certified or re-certified to operate chainsaws on public land (S-212) and adopted updated SOPs for saw work.

Cleared 405 trees from trails

• 402 from Pike NF
• 3 from Texas Creek
• Trees cleared in other areas by our volunteers were reported to the local OHV club for that area

Volunteered for the Beetle Mitigation Project in the South Platte RD

• Giving back, honing skills, protecting the infrastructure for all user groups
• 63 green & 85 dead trees identified by FS silviculturist
• Includes falling, limbing, bucking, splitting, and exposing the bark to the elements

Closed over 40 illegal hill climbs and illegal routes in Pike NF

• Closure included rehab, slashing, and seeding
• 37 of these were accomplished with volunteer work parties
• Created PR campaign to educate users

Video shared on RRMMC’s social media highlighting:

• Short and long term impacts of off-trail use
• What we did to mitigate the impacts
• Call to action to Stay the Trail

Closed over 40 illegal hill climbs and illegal routes in Pike NF

• Closure included rehab, slashing, and seeding
• 37 of these were accomplished with volunteer work parties
• Created PR campaign to educate users

Video shared on RRMMC’s social media highlighting:

• Short and long term impacts of off-trail use
• What we did to mitigate the impacts
• Call to action to Stay the Trail

RRMMC hosted two Poker Run fundraisers. Each event:

• Hosts 300-500 rider participants.
• Requires dozens of hours of pre-planning.
• Requires 2 days of on the ground effort from at least 60 volunteers for set up, registration, checkpoints, prizes, sweep riders, search & rescue, communications management, and cleanup.
• Requires a USFS Special Use Permit, onsite ambulance, event insurance, and supplies.

RRMMC hosted one Awesome Autumn Dual Sport Ride fundraiser. Each event:

• Hosts 50 rider participants.
• Requires dozens of hours of pre-planning.
• Requires 2 days of on the ground effort from at least 20 volunteers for set up, registration, prizes, sweep riders, communications management, and cleanup.
• Requires a USFS Special Use Permit, emergency plan, event insurance, and supplies.

Reached over 330,000 people across social media and website to share:

• Trail Status
• Conditions Updates
• Updates from Land Managers
• Trail Work Updates
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Event Promos
• Stewardship Education

Attended 4 public outreach events:

• Sportsman’s Expo with Stay the Trail
• RGFO outreach day at Penrose Commons
• Customer outreach day at Fay Myers
• Customer outreach day at Peak Honda

Reached over 330,000 people across social media and website to share:

• Trail Status
• Conditions Updates
• Updates from Land Managers
• Trail Work Updates
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Event Promos
• Stewardship Education

Attended 4 public outreach events:

• Sportsman’s Expo with Stay the Trail
• RGFO outreach day at Penrose Commons
• Customer outreach day at Fay Myers
• Customer outreach day at Peak Honda

Objective:

• Obtain an updated visitor count for Rampart Range
• It had been 40 years since an accurate count was taken

Overview:

• Data collected over 10 days at the main north and south entrances in the fall.
• Used a magnetometer counter, infrared counter, and game camera at each location.
• Excluded busy summer and slow winter, Oct when deer, elk, and turkey hunting overlap & leaf peeping peaks, and busiest holidays like Memorial Day and 4th of July.
• Excludes the Dakan, Jackson Creek, and Sugar Creek entrances on the north end, the pasture loops on the south end at 349, and all of 717.
• Count is for vehicles rather than visitors.

7-day count: 19,287 vehicles

• 1 data anomaly removed: 64 count in 1 hour from south entrance
• Slashed total by 50% to remove probable entry/exit double count for an average weekly count of 9,643

Seasonality

• 22 weeks of average vehicle count of: 9,643
• 6 weeks of holiday vehicle count of (140%): 13,500
• 4 weeks of October vehicle count of (120%): 13,693
• 12 weeks of winter vehicle count of (20%): 1,928
• 8 weeks of mud season vehicle count of (0%): 0
• Total 2024 vehicle count: 371,054+

Note:  winter OHV examples included later in the report

7-day count: 19,287 vehicles

• 1 data anomaly removed: 64 count in 1 hour from south entrance
• Slashed total by 50% to remove probable entry/exit double count for an average weekly count of 9,643

Seasonality

• 22 weeks of average vehicle count of: 9,643
• 6 weeks of holiday vehicle count of (140%): 13,500
• 4 weeks of October vehicle count of (120%): 13,693
• 12 weeks of winter vehicle count of (20%): 1,928
• 8 weeks of mud season vehicle count of (0%): 0
• Total 2024 vehicle count: 371,054+

Note:  winter OHV examples included later in the report

• Rampart had 110,000 visitors/year in the 80s
• Rampart had at least 371,054 visitors in 2024
• Skipped entrances likely garner another +20% more traffic
• 88% of the CO population lives on the front range

• Sand Flats Recreation Area (Moab, UT) sees an average of 250,000 visitors per year
• Cheyenne Mountain State Park saw 262,456 visitors in 2021
• Roxborough State Park saw 215,639 visitors in 2021

• According to the Colorado Sun, 2021 saw 203,873 OHV registrations

• 98.8% of traffic is motorized and 92.48% is OHV.

• 78% of all traffic was through the north.

• 76% on non-ohv traffic was through the north.

• 54% of non-ohv traffic were passenger cars, likely heading for Devil’s Head Fire Lookout or rock climbing.

• Peak hours on Saturdays at the north entrance saw more than 2 vehicles per minute.

• North end skewed in favor of motorcycles, south end skewed in favor of ATVs, and 100% of UTVs were through the south entrance, although excluding Dakan Rd means this is inflated.

Rampart sees a ton of OHV use.

• 98.8% of traffic is motorized and 92.48% is OHV.

• 78% of all traffic was through the north.

• 76% on non-ohv traffic was through the north.

• 54% of non-ohv traffic were passenger cars, likely heading for Devil’s Head Fire Lookout or rock climbing.

• Peak hours on Saturdays at the north entrance saw more than 2 vehicles per minute.

• North end skewed in favor of motorcycles, south end skewed in favor of ATVs, and 100% of UTVs were through the south entrance, although excluding Dakan Rd means this is inflated.

Rampart sees a ton of OHV use.

• Received funds for 2 CPW OHV Grants for Maintenance in the PSICC & RGFO.
• Applied for 3 2026 CPW OHV Grants for Maintenance and Planning in the PSICC and Maintenance in the RGFO.
• Contracted services for heavy equipment work in PSICC & RGFO.

Highlights:

• Opened Turtle Mountain bailout trail
• Soft launch of Enduro Skills Training Area
• Reroutes of 681, 682, 677 Noddles, and 717
• Singletrack maintenance/construction – 25.15 miles
• 50in maintenance/reroute – 136.6 miles
• Water diversion features created – 590

What is RRMMC Hand Crew Work?

• Crew uses hand tools and power tools as needed and where appropriate for work including but not limited to clearing vegetation and obstructions, constructing and maintaining water release features, filling erosional segments, fine grading, leveling tread, etc.
• Example:  Work crews found an efficiency and trail width integrity improvement for maintaining tread using a combination of power and hand tools (concrete saw and mcleod).
• Comprises less than 10% of the total labor.
• Especially helpful with singletrack where machinery can widen the trail and impact user experience.

What is RRMMC Hand Crew Work?

• Crew uses hand tools and power tools as needed and where appropriate for work including but not limited to clearing vegetation and obstructions, constructing and maintaining water release features, filling erosional segments, fine grading, leveling tread, etc.
• Example:  Work crews found an efficiency and trail width integrity improvement for maintaining tread using a combination of power and hand tools (concrete saw and mcleod).
• Comprises less than 10% of the total labor.
• Especially helpful with singletrack where machinery can widen the trail and impact user experience.

RRMMC Volunteers manage the projects in collaboration with the land managers (USFS & BLM)

RRMMC administers the grant funds and:

• Obtains required insurance
• Coordinates with land managers to identify and prioritize trail maintenance needs and develop a seasonal operating plan
• Receives and prioritizes input from contractors and trail users
• Contracts with heavy equipment operators to provide/operate dozers, mini excavators, and other equipment
• Purchases fuel and maintenance items for RRMMC’s dozer

Age:  Some of the trails are older than RRMMC and have an unsustainable user-created design.

Soil:  Unique “soil” composition is decomposed granite without the typical rock-bottom bedrock found in other areas.

Size:  Rampart Range, Rainbow Falls, and North Divide in the Pike NF includes over 216 OHV trails and over 513 miles of OHV trails.  It’s a large area fulfilling the needs of many user groups.

Use:  The trails are located on the Front Range, within an hour of Denver, Aurora, and Colorado Springs.

• 88% of Colorado’s population lives on the Front Range
• Rampart Range alone sees over 370k OHV users per year

NOTE:  You can read about how Rampart’s unique soil composition helped solve a murder case and other spooky stories on our blog.

Age:  Some of the trails are older than RRMMC and have an unsustainable user-created design.

Soil:  Unique “soil” composition is decomposed granite without the typical rock-bottom bedrock found in other areas.

Size:  Rampart Range, Rainbow Falls, and North Divide in the Pike NF includes over 216 OHV trails and over 513 miles of OHV trails.  It’s a large area fulfilling the needs of many user groups.

Use:  The trails are located on the Front Range, within an hour of Denver, Aurora, and Colorado Springs.

• 88% of Colorado’s population lives on the Front Range
• Rampart Range alone sees over 370k OHV users per year

NOTE:  You can read about how Rampart’s unique soil composition helped solve a murder case and other spooky stories on our blog.

Already in Action:

• Newer trails have been constructed with more sustainable design.
• Ongoing maintenance with both volunteers and contractors.
• Seasonal closure for “mud season”.
• Education to trail users about Stay the Trail & TREAD Lightly.

Long Term: 

• We’ve applied for the 2026 RRMMC Planning Grant to address more aggressive reroutes that require analysis.

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3. Optional:  include pictures or video of the issue

Good issues to report:

• Downed trees
• Rock slides
• Washouts
• Tread integrity loss
• Off-trail activity

All of this work is only possible with the work of our dedicated volunteers, sponsors, and partners. 

Fay Myers Motorcycle World
Performance Cycle of Colorado
Vickery Motorsports
Peak Honda World
G-Force Powersports
Grand Prix Motorsports
Woody's Wheel Works
Sprucewood Inn
Aurora Honda
Apex Sports
STUCK NUTZ

Wondering what folks are doing on the Rampart during winter months? 

Keep an eye out for Trail Conditions reports on our social media, highlighted “Snow Braaps” stories section on Instagram, and “Winter Wonderland” gallery on our website.

Wondering what folks are doing on the Rampart during winter months? 

Keep an eye out for Trail Conditions reports on our social media, highlighted “Snow Braaps” stories section on Instagram, and “Winter Wonderland” gallery on our website.

Check out our Events Calendar and follow our social media accounts for updates.