Tag: Sylvan Lake State Park
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Cozy glamping escapes: Enjoy the ultimate winter yurt experience at these 6 Colorado state parks
At the center of the glamping craze across Colorado and beyond are yurts. These are the round, wood-framed tents paneled by windows looking out to surrounding beauty and topped by skylights letting in the stars and the moon. Once refuges fashioned by Serbian and Mongolian nomads, yurts are now the highly sought, highly Instagrammed abodes…
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Sylvan fire up to 3,752 acres, new management team takes over response
The Sylvan fire burning south of Eagle reached 3,752 acres Thursday morning as a Type 1 Incident Management Team was deployed to take over the response, the U.S. Forest Service said. This team is replacing a Type 3 Incident Management Team that has been commanding the fire. Type 1 teams are deployed for incidents of…
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Sylvan fire near Eagle grows to 3,583 acres with no containment
The Sylvan fire burning outside of Eagle grew to 3,583 acres Wednesday morning with no progress in containment, the U.S. Forest Service said. Despite firefighting efforts, the fire spread across West Brush Creek Road on Tuesday. Firefighters will work Wednesday to prevent any further movement in that area using two heavy helicopters and a light…
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Sylvan fire grows near Colorado state park, evacuations ordered
A blaze south of Eagle grew by more than 1,000 acres in a single day as the area experiences hot and windy weather Tuesday, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The Sylvan fire has burned 2,630 acres with no containment estimate as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, officials said. The fire started Sunday afternoon 16 miles…
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Evacuations ordered as 180-acre wildfire burns near Sylvan Lake State Park in Western Colorado
“Extreme fire behavior” caused a blaze south of Eagle to double in size Sunday, just hours after it ignited. Evacuations were ordered Sunday afternoon for Sylvan Lake State Park, Yeoman Park, Lede Reservoir and Crooked Creek Pass in Western Colorado as 60 firefighters, four single-engine air tankers and a light helicopter worked the blaze, reported around…
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