Colorado Springs adds two trails to its adaptive TrackChair hikes
Guided all-terrain chair hikes now include Stratton Open Space and Rock Ledge Ranch, bringing the city's list to six places people with limited mobility can reserve.
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Colorado Springs runs guided hikes on all-terrain TrackChairs for people with limited mobility. The Gazette reported that the city has added Stratton Open Space and Rock Ledge Ranch, so the program now covers six sites.
The other four are Ute Valley Park, Blodgett Open Space, Red Rock Open Space, and Bluestem Prairie. Riders reserve a chair through the city and go out with a guide. The chairs are built for dirt and rock, which opens trails that a standard wheelchair cannot manage.
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Colorado Springs lends an all-terrain chair, called a TrackChair, so people who cannot walk a trail can still go out with a guide. The city just added two places, Stratton Open Space and Rock Ledge Ranch. That makes six sites in all, along with Ute Valley Park, Blodgett Open Space, Red Rock Open Space, and Bluestem Prairie. Anyone who wants a turn can reserve a chair with the city.
- What does a TrackChair let someone do that a sidewalk chair cannot?
- Why would a city guide the trip instead of sending people out alone?
- Which of the six places would you want to visit, and why?
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