Dredging at Evergreen Lake

The Evergreen Metropolitan District starts dredging in early spring to clean up from the 2013 flood. While a silt screen will be in place to protect water quality during the dredging operation, EPRD is taking safety precautions to protect patrons from heavy equipment. There will be no open water swimming program this season, and the walking trail near the Lakepoint Center will be closed intermittently to load trucks with the silt.

The north side of Evergreen Lake Trail is closed between Upper Bear Creek and the Evergreen Dam due to unstable conditions. In the interest of safety, please stay off the trail, and use the alternative trail on the south side of Evergreen Lake.

Evergreen Park & Recreation District (EPRD) is working with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Evergreen Metropolitan District (EMD) and the City and County of Denver to develop a long-term solution to the problem, which was created by drainage issues that have weakened the aging retaining wall between the Evergreen Lake Trail and Highway 74. The repairs will need to be organized in cooperation with these governing entities, so the time frame to reopen the trail has yet to be determined.

We appreciate the public's cooperation and apologize for the inconvenience, and want to emphasize that public safety is EPRD's paramount concern.

These images illustrate the problem:




Dredging Closure
In addition, the walking trail on the north side of the lake will be closed from Lakepoint Center east to Evergreen Lake Dam for three to four months to support dredging work being done by the Evergreen Metropolitan District. The public is asked to avoid the area during weekday operations, 7 AM to 6 PM Mondays through Fridays. See more details .

South Side Still Open
The southwest trail system remains open for public use, and boating activities continue on Evergreen Lake. However, boaters are warned not to approach any dredging equipment.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

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Evergreen Lake Dredge Project – Summer 2016

The Evergreen Lake Dredge Project will start on May 9th and is scheduled to finish by mid-September. Initially, crews will be dredging from shore using a long reach excavator. After a few weeks of operations, a 30-by-80-foot barge will be set into the channel above Evergreen Lake. The barge will be used as a platform for a trackhoe that will remove 12,000 cubic yards of silt that piled up after the September 2013 flooding. The dredging will be concentrated on the north side near the Lakepoint Center, where Bear Creek flows into Evergreen Lake. Operators will use “turbidity curtains” to prevent suspended sediments from spreading out to the rest of the lake. The dewatered silt will be transported by dump trucks to the former EDS transfer station on Highway 73. Denver Mountain Parks, which owns the property, will bring in soil and reseed with natural grasses at a later date.

The dredging operations will require closures and restrictions to public access at Evergreen Lake. These restrictions have been coordinated with Evergreen Parks and Recreation District, Denver Mountain Parks and the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife.

The parking lot on the north side of the lake will be closed to public use during dredge operations. The parking area will be secured and used for dredge operation equipment and temporary offices. The public will be required to use alternate parking areas at the Lake House, Dedisse Park or the small parking lot below Evergreen dam. Please do not park on the shoulder of Upper Bear Creek Road. Parking at the Lake Point Center is for mall customers only.

The walking trail on the north side of the lake will be closed from Lake Point Center east to Evergreen Lake Dam for the duration of the project. The public is being asked to avoid the area during weekday operations. Construction activity is scheduled from 7:00 AM to 6:00PM Monday through Friday.

Boats and other water craft are being warned not to approach any equipment including barges, buoys and turbidity curtains.