2024 Tour
Urban Water Cycle Tour is a special downtown Legacy Loop bicycle tour with stops along the way to showcase water-related and important infrastructure. This tour is a collaboration between the City of Colorado Springs, the Trails and Open Space Coalition, Fountain Creek Watershed District, Concrete Coyote, Colorado Springs Utilities and several others. Free event. Total 10 miles, mostly flat.
When: Friday, August 16, 2024 and repeated on Saturday, August 17, 2024 (choose which day you want to participate)
Why: Support the Mayor’s commitment to bring communities together while showcasing important infrastructure and projects to improve the vitality of our community.
Who: Open to everyone 18 or older on a first come, first serve basis. Maximum 30 riders per day.
Speakers/ Stops:
9:00 am - Start at TOSC Office/COS Sustain-a-center
- Concrete Coyote – Steve/Toby (Sarah Bedell)
- Drake, what’s left or next - CSU /Jessie Marshall 16th, Birgit Landin Saturday 17th)
- ATB – COS Creek Plan - Allie Schuch/Chris Lieber (Chris 16th only , Allie 17th only)
- Tahama Spring/Historical ties people and land – Amy McCoy/Pioneer’s Museum
- Monument Valley Project – CSU/Jason Messamer
- Popcycle Bridge – Water Quality – CSU/Annie Berlemann, Stormwater – CS Stormwater/Tim Biolchini
- Cascade Trail – CS Emily Duncan
- Uintah crossing – CS Eng Ryan Hershberger/Kerry Childress
12:00 pm - End at TOSC Office
Register for Friday, August 16, 2024 Ride
Register for Saturday, August 17, 2024 Ride
What you’ll learn:
- What are the Shooks Run, Monument Creek, Fountain Creek, and Arkansas River watersheds?
- What is the water quality of our streams?
- How are utility infrastructure projects impacting our waterways?
- How are community partners connecting neighborhoods to trails and creeks?
- How can you protect stream health and support a sustainable water supply?