MONTROSE, Colo. — Trails closed to the public on the South Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park are now back open, a spokesperson with the National Park Service said Thursday.

The Oak Flat and Uplands Trails on the park’s South Rim were reopened Thursday after being closed since July 10 due a lightning-sparked fire inside the park .

Park Superintendent Stuart West told Denver7 earlier this year that the fire burned approximately 13% of the 30,000-acre national park.

Forty-five road signs were destroyed in the fire, West said, with other structural damage including safety railings along overlooks and trails, which have been repaired.

Officials said that as of this week, a trail crew completed repairs to the entirety of the Oak Flat Trail and to the portion of the Uplands

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