"Bunce is so trashed and torn up from the rentals that it's not much fun to run those"
I was up there about a month ago when I still had the 4runner and came upon one of the land owners grading his section of the upper portion for drainage reasons, we chatted for a bit about the land-use. He shared with me some important information about the property lines and the legal use of motorized vehicles up there. The SXS is classified as an ATV basically and is illegal to operate on county roads, some sections of Bunce are technically county roads, to which he and several other land owners up there have reported to the Sheriff. Given that particular SXS operation seems to have grown over a few years I'm willing to suggest they're making enough money to bribe their way into that spot.
I'm all for the locals riding their SXS up on trails but, to use Bunce as an example because I also go shooting up there, the questionably legitimate business those fellas are running on national forest land is increasing in impact. I took the new TJ up there for a little shakedown run and it looks more like a SXS track with some loops into the woods (that shouldn't be there) with clear signs of blatant disregard for the natural resource.
I see this as a good example of how to NOT be a member of the off-road community as they (the SXS business) are not only of questionable legitimacy but they're making a bad name for SXS riders.
"a new bill being signed by Colorado Governor Jared Polis on May 7, 2021. According to the bill, off-highway vehicles are banned on all public streets"
We need to be careful about these bills, there are environmental groups trying to shut down motorized access to most (if not all) trails.
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