For all those interested in the R2R trail maps, the new official map 5 in the Garden of the Gods area has been uploaded to the Trail Societies website and is now available for download.  The geo-referenced PDF file has also been uploaded to the Avenza map store and will be available in about a week.  The map bundle has also been updated and will also be available in about a week.

 

This update was done for safety reasons at the request of the Shawnee Trail Conservancy (STC) to eliminate the trail crossing of Garden of the Gods Road on the curve coming down hill from the primary visitor parking lot.  For this update the trail now crosses at Pack Packers parking lot and heads down what used to be trail 108I over to the intersection with the R2R.  Basically the R2R and 108I have been switched.  The trail markers were officially changed on August 17, 2018.