He said the current idea is to go at this discussion with a two-pronged approach: in-person community meetings as well as virtual Zoom meetings. “We want to be respectful of that, which is why we are coming back in three years,” he said.įiggs said with this potential increase and creation of the Devil’s Backbone fee the department staff wants to meet with the community and commissioners together to explain the proposed increases and take any questions or hear concerns the public has. If an entrance fee was established at the Devil’s Backbone south trailhead, it would align with all other fees that are currently set.įiggs said when the fees were last increased, the county commissioners had said the department should not wait too long between adjustments so increases were more consistent and not significantly higher.
No final decisions have been made about the possible increases.įees for vehicle passes for disabled people and the Bison program, a permit program for low-income residents, would not change with any of the proposed increases. Increases would also affect annual passes, which would change from $90 to $100 a year for county residents and $120 to $130 for nonresidents. According to a memo provided to the commissioners, the proposed fees are rounded to the nearest five dollar increment and range from zero to 20%.įor daily-use fees, this would mean a proposed daily increase from $9 to $10. The department is now seeking a roughly 10% increase in fees. Of the 13 spaces managed by the county’s natural resources department, six do not require an entrance fee, including Devil’s Backbone located around 5 miles west of downtown Loveland.Ĭarter Lake and nearby Flatiron and Pinewood reservoirs west of Loveland, Horsetooth Reservoir, Horsetooth Mountain Open Space and Ramsay-Shockey Open Space west of Fort Collins and Hermit Park Open Space near Estes Park each require a day-use entrance fee of $9 per vehicle.Īnnual permits for all seven locations that require an entrance fee cost Larimer County residents $90 and non-residents $120 some price breaks exist for seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.ĭaylan Figgs, director of natural resources, said the last time fees were increased for county-managed lands was 2018. Officials from the county’s Department of Natural Resources spoke before the commissioners to discuss the current fees and what the establishment of a day-use fee at the Loveland outdoor space would look like.
The Larimer County commissioners on Monday discussed potential fee increases at county-managed outdoor spaces and the creation of a day-use fee for Devil’s Backbone Open Space in Loveland.
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