Friends of Red Rock Canyon

08/03/2026

https://redrockcanyonopenspace.org/bnews-and-updates/blog-post-title-one-3zaa9-zlxng-hwy7y-2tt-g6jjb-33amb

After almost five years, The Friends of Red Rock Canyon have finally been successful in urging the city to bring this issue before the Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Parks Advisory Board for approval.  The city will present this request to the Parks Board at thei

07/24/2026

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Friends of Red Rock Canyon is an independent nonprofit organization which is recognized as a 'friends' group by the City of Colorado Springs Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services.

06/11/2026

More bench love: three members of FORRC (David D., Denise D. and Dan D) spent about five hours resealing the benches on Contemplative Trail. They applied two coats of polyurethane to the three older benches and one generous coat of penofen to the two newer ones. The previous two benches (recently replaced) lasted about seventeen years and we believe preserving the benches in this manner has significantly increased their lives and will continue to do so as long as they can be treated every one to two years.

06/06/2026

On June 4th, 2026 volunteers with the Friends of Red Rock Canyon removed the old bench on Sand Canyon Trail at the top of Contemplative Trail and installed a brand new one. The old bench had been in place for about seventeen years and was badly rotted. This is the second bench the Friends have replaced recently. David V., Dan D. and Denise D. with FORRC, Vince F. with Friends of Cheyenne Mountain State Park and Jay K. with Friends of Ute Pass Trails were supported by Larry K., Senior Ranger at Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department. Larry drove the materials up Sand Canyon Trail as close as he could to the work site and the volunteers brought them the rest of the way to the work site by hand. Special thanks to David V. of Friends of Red Rock Canyon for getting the bench made, gathering all required materials and coordinating all logistics to make this event a success.