Decision Memo Completed

Pikes Peak Apex Bicycle Race (formerly Ironman Bicycle Race)

Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands El Paso; Teller, Colorado Pikes Peak Ranger District

4 day bicycle race using Forest Roads 300, 307, 310, 370, 379, 381, and High Drive, and Forest Trails 624, 626, 665, 667, 668, 700, 700.A, 701, 714, 723, and 776, with up to 350 riders on 9/24-27/20. 2-3 days would be on National Forest routes.

Location

Roads and trails west of Colorado Springs on the south and east slope of Pikes Peak, and roads and trails in the southern Rampart Range area and around Rampart Reservoir northwest of Colorado Springs.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/19/2019
2
Decision
03/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.12 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(8)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Pikes Peak Apex Bicycle Race Recreation Event Special Use PermitDecision Signed Date: 03/20/2020
ForestsPike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands
DistrictsPikes Peak Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use management