05/12/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/13/2025 13:32
The City of Boulder is working on numerous trail and trailhead improvement projects across the city's 162-mile open space trail system, with additional trail construction, maintenance, and repair efforts scheduled for this summer and later in the year.
These upcoming trail projects are informed by extensive monitoring of the city's trail system and support the goals outlined in past planning efforts and the city's open space strategic plan, which identifies trail maintenance as a top open space priority. Significant Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) trail and trailhead projects in 2025 include:
Foothills North Trail: OSMP will reroute the Foothills North Trail from the Foothills Trailhead at U.S. Highway 36 westto the North Sky Trail junction. The trail also will be rerouted from the North Sky Trail south to Dakota Boulevard. The project will include a short reroute of the lower part of Hogback Ridge Trail and improvements to the neighborhood access trail at Second Street and Denver Street in the Dakota Ridge neighborhood. Work aims to minimize trail erosion and help improve outdoor experiences for community members experiencing disabilities.
The city is also working on several trailhead and area improvement projects:
City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks encourages community members to learn about trail closures associated with this work as well as other open space projects by visiting the department's 2025 project webpageand an online web map. Go to OSMPTrails.orgto see current trail closures across the city's open space system.