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Rattlesnake activity forces closure of trail in North Table Mountain Park
KDVR ^ | October 21, 2017 | David Mitchell

Posted on 10/21/2017 1:24:20 PM PDT by beaversmom

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — Rattlesnake activity forced park managers to close Cottonwood Canyon Trail in North Table Mountain Park.

The temporary closure started Friday. It wasn’t known how long it would last.

Officials with Jefferson County Open Space said there is a concentration of rattlesnakes near the trail what are getting ready to hibernate. They closed the area for public safety.

A man died two weeks ago after a rattlesnake bit him while he was hiking not far away in Mount Galbrath Park in Golden. It’s about two miles away from the Cottonwood Canyon Trail.


TOPICS: US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; rattlesnakes; wildlife
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1 posted on 10/21/2017 1:24:20 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: SJackson

Outdoor ping.


2 posted on 10/21/2017 1:25:07 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Yikes.


3 posted on 10/21/2017 1:26:14 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: beaversmom

On a related note. A beautiful area for riding bikes. Some nice trails snake (pun intended) along the base of the Table Mountains. This is why I love Colorado!


4 posted on 10/21/2017 1:30:43 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: beaversmom

About 10 miles SE from where I live.


5 posted on 10/21/2017 1:30:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

My daughter and I got warned by another hiker at the end of September about one on one of the trails in Red Rocks. The next week, that hiker was killed in Golden.


6 posted on 10/21/2017 1:32:18 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: dhs12345

I bet. Not sure if I have been there. I’m 100% sure I’ve been past it.


7 posted on 10/21/2017 1:33:25 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Yikes! I live at the upper end of the altitude where they can be found. I have not seen anything but a few garter snakes here.


8 posted on 10/21/2017 1:35:10 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: beaversmom
Poisonous snakes renders much of the planet unattractive to me.

Combined with Muslim hellholes I would rather avoid, it leaves only Canada, Scandinavia, New Hampshire and Bermuda.

9 posted on 10/21/2017 1:35:52 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: beaversmom

Pretty much my back yard. I’ve been on top of that many times. Very exciting fire there a few years ago.


10 posted on 10/21/2017 1:36:04 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: beaversmom

It has been a couple of years. The trails connects up north. It actually tacks along the base of the Table Mountain. Not exactly a road bike trail. Mountain bike is the best.


11 posted on 10/21/2017 1:36:58 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: MtnClimber

I have only seen one rattler here in CO. That was in Fruita at the monument about 6 or 7 years ago. My 2nd son spotted it in the dark...a baby. I got a picture of it. Will have to post later. :) I’m not against snakes. I know they serve a purpose. I just don’t want to be around them. Especially the deadly ones.


12 posted on 10/21/2017 1:37:29 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: billorites

And Ireland, I believe?


13 posted on 10/21/2017 1:39:18 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: dhs12345

I may have been on it. Long, long time ago in my youth I rode my mountain bike on a trail in the foothills with a gf.


14 posted on 10/21/2017 1:39:26 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

I have been hiking on Mount Galbrath Park trails as well as lots of rock climbing on North Table Mountain. Never saw any snakes.


15 posted on 10/21/2017 1:39:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: beaversmom

Time for a rattlesnake hunt.

Prizes for biggest, ugliest, oldest, and meanest.

Meat, skin, fangs sell at market prices.

Don your mail gentlemen (and ladies), secure your chaps and boots. Time to have some fun.

5.56mm


16 posted on 10/21/2017 1:41:53 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: beaversmom

I once had a cobra pop it’s head up out of the grass next to where I was walking in Nepal.


17 posted on 10/21/2017 1:43:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: beaversmom

It is truly one of the overlooked gold nuggets in Colorado — the bike trails. All the housing developments and open spaces have walking paths and trails that can be linked into one huge daylong trip.

Civilization is close in case of a mishap and for the most part, you don’t have to climb up onto the streets where there are cars.

Out of respect for the pedestrians, get yourself a bell and don’t speed.


18 posted on 10/21/2017 1:46:26 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: beaversmom

They can hibernate in massive numbers. Party all winter long.


19 posted on 10/21/2017 1:47:38 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

And make baby snakes? One massive snake orgy.


20 posted on 10/21/2017 1:48:43 PM PDT by dhs12345
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