Category Archives: Events

June BATCO Meeting Cancelled

The June BATCO meeting has been cancelled due to a conflict. Please check back for information about our July meeting. Thanks – hope to see you then!

Monthly Meeting: Monday, May 18 at Alfalfa’s in Louisville.

The Boulder Area Trails Coalition (BATCO) has its regular monthly meeting on Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m.

All are welcome.

Monthly Meeting: Monday, April 27 at REI Boulder

The Boulder Area Trails Coalition (BATCO) has its regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 27, at 7 p.m.

Our special guest will be Steve Armstead  of the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Staff.  We’ll be having a conversation about OSMP, North Trail Study Area (NTSA),  the Trail Around Boulder (TAB),  interagency connections, and whatever else you would like to talk about!  All are welcome.

Monthly Meeting: Monday, March 30, at Spark Boulder

The Boulder Area Trails Coalition (BATCO) has its regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 30, at 7 p.m. at the Spark Boulder meeting space at 1310 E. College Ave., Suite 100 on the Hill in Boulder.  The meeting room is on the lowest level, below the food court.  Enter through the main doors and the meeting room is on the left.

Our special guest will be Tom Isaacson of the City of Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees (OSBT).  We’ll be having a conversation about OSMP, the Director search, North Trail Study Area (NTSA), Schnell (Chapman Drive), the Trail Around Boulder (TAB),  interagency connections, and whatever else you would like to talk about!  All are welcome.

Monthly Meeting: Monday, February 23, at Louisville Alfalfa’s

The Boulder Area Trails Coalition (BATCO) has its regular monthly meeting on Monday, February 23 at 7 p.m. at the Louisville Alfalfa’s grocery store meeting room.

Our special guest this month will be Tracy Winfree, Interim Director of the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks.   Tracy brings a long history of successful projects and negotiations for the City of Boulder’s Transportation Department, and is breathing a new attitude of “Yes We Can!” into a department not exactly known for its positive atmosphere. Please plan to come to the meeting and share your priorities for OSMP!

We will also be discussing the latest developments in the plan for trails at Joder Ranch and the North TSA, an update on Boulder County Parks & Open Space’s trail plan at AHI/Double Dove, and other projects.  We will also attend to some important matters such as social media and end user outreach, our bag credit promotion at Ideal Market in Boulder, and updates on the sales of the new 2015 BATCO map.   All are welcome  — please come with any other topics that you would like to discuss, or just to learn more!

The Louisville Alfalfa’s is located at 785 E. South Boulder Rd., which is on the northwest corner of South Boulder Rd. and Centennial Dr. just north of Old Town Louisville.  The meeting room is in the rear of the store, on the right side and up a flight of stairs to the 2nd floor.

BATCO meets the Fourth Monday of every month at 7pm.  We have reserved the following meetings for 2015.  Please feel free to join us for any or all of them;  contact any Board member for details and/or confirmation.  Stay tuned for information on the April, May, July, October, November, and December meetings.

Jan. 22    Louisville Alfalfa’s

Feb. 23    Louisville Alfalfa’s

Mar. 23  Louisville Alfalfa’s

June 22  Louisville Alfalfa’s

Aug. 24  Louisville Alfalfa’s

Sept 28  Louisville Alfalfa’s

Monthly Meeting:  Monday, November 24 at SPARK Boulder

Please join us for our regular monthly meeting on Monday November 24 at SPARK Boulder (on The Hill at 1310 E College Ave #100, Boulder, CO 80302; (970) 343-0674).

We will have not one but two guests at this meeting.  Jenn Archuleta is the newest member of Boulder County’s Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee (POSAC);  please share your visions for trails on BCPOS.  Al Hardy is the BCPOS Trails Superintendent, who will be presenting the County’s trail plans for the AHI/Lagerman area (and asking for BATCO’s support) as well as updating us on the County’s trail plans for 2015, flood mitigation and more.

In addition there will be updates on the new BATCO Map, Joder Arabian Ranch, and other trail-related matters.

Monthly Meeting: Monday, October 27 At Alfalfa’s in Louisville

The Boulder Area Trails Coalition (BATCO) will host its regular monthly meeting on Monday, October 27, at 7 p.m. at Alfalfa’s in Louisville, 785 E. South Boulder Rd.  We are pleased to announce that we will be launching the NEW 2015 BATCO Trails & Recreation Map of Boulder County!  We will also be discussing the Ideal Market bag credit promotion; updates on NIST, Foothills, and Lower Mesa trails; and any open forum agenda topics that people might have.  Refreshments will be served at this meeting.

All are welcome to attend our meetings, which are usually the fourth Monday of each month.  Please check with a Board member because our meeting locations vary.  We look forward to having you join us!

BATCO Board Meetings take place the fourth Monday of every month, but the locations may change.

The June Meeting will be held on June 23 from 7-9 pm at SPARK Boulder (1310 College on the Hill).  All are welcome.

Trail Work Project at Heil Valley Ranch on April 26

The Boulder Area Trails Coalition is providing a great opportunity to help restore the trails in Boulder County Parks and Open Space in an area dramatically impacted by September’s flooding.  Volunteers will be reconstructing Heil Valley Ranch’s trails with handtools to faciliate the opening of trails in the southern end of the park.  There might be a significant amount of hiking along the Wapiti Trail, so please come ready to work outside and to be on the move.

This is a morning project that will run from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26.  We will meet at the Geer Canyon parking lot that is still closed to the public, so it is very important that you arrive on time.  We will close the gate and no one will be allowed in after we begin.  Snacks will be provided, but please plan on bringing any other food you might need.  The minimum age is 12 years old with adult supervision.  To register or to acquire more information, please contact Fletcher Jacobs at 303-678-6344 or fjacobs@bouldercounty.org.  To ensure that you are a part of the Boulder Area Trails Coalition group at this project, mention that fact to Fletcher and be sure to copy Chris Morrison at chris-morrison@comcast.net when you register.

BATCO and our liaison students with Regis University will be hiking the Mt Sanitas trails on Saturday March 29.  Photos to follow!