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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

A lot of us, we go out to the trail and are walking maybe sometimes miles into the woods.

I don't know about you, but I've had these times arrive, seen a tree across the trail,

just looks like somebody very neatly cut a hole through this tree, where you can

walk right past it.

How does that happen?

Well, somebody had to carry some gear, chainsaws, and many cases, miles into the woods.

This trail maintenance is done by volunteer organizations, people giving up their time,

and the resources to do this are generated by people making donations, and usually these

efforts are headed up by trail foundations.

Today, we have the executive director, Bill Manning of the Colorado Trail Foundation,

Colorado Trail, for those of you who might not be familiar.

It's a 567 mile trail that runs from Durango, Colorado, to Denver.

You can start in either direction, you can go southbound or northbound.

The trail has lowest elevation, is 5500 feet above sea level, and it's highest 13,271.

When you can expect to gain and lose elevation, I believe it's approximately 89,000 feet.

There's many ways you can enjoy this trail in addition to backpacking, people bike it,

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