Tag: White River National Forest
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Survey gauging interest in possible reservations, shuttle at popular Colorado 14er
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As hiking crowds continue to surge at Colorado’s busiest 14,000-foot mountain, officials are wondering about the possibility of permits and shuttles. Online survey-takers are being asked “how likely” they would be to make reservations and board a ride to the Quandary Peak trailhead, off Colorado…
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Closures caused by Grizzly Creek Fire to be lifted Thursday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many closures caused by the Grizzly Creek Fire last August will be lifted beginning Thursday, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Closures currently affecting areas within the White River National Forest…
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Colorado Springs, Aurora approved to perform exploratory drilling for new reservoir in the White River National Forest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Utilities and Aurora took a step closer this week to building a new reservoir in the White River National Forest near Holy Cross Wilderness following a decision by the U.S. Forest Service. The Forest Service granted a request from the two cities for…
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USDA Forest service announces new conservation projects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced an investment of more than $1.3 million into multiple Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) projects across the Rocky Mountain region. The investment will assist in…
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‘Leave the backcountry alone!’: Colorado ski area expansion continues to meet opposition
Debate continues to rage around a proposed expansion on Aspen Mountain. The U.S. Forest Service in 2019 greenlit the proposal by Aspen Skiing Co., which has long sought development on the mountain’s east side above 10,000 feet in an area known as Pandora’s. The idea is to add 153 acres of lift-served terrain, reached via…
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Hanging Lake trail scheduled to reopen to public on May 1
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The famous Hanging Lake trail is expected to reopen on May 1, nearly a year after the Grizzly Creek Fire burned more than 32,000 acres of Glenwood Canyon. David Boyd, public affairs officer with the…
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As toll of 2020 is taken in Colorado outdoors, what does it mean for years ahead?
Scott Fitzwilliams was supposed to be off work. But as supervisor of America’s most trafficked national forest, “you’re never off work,” he says. So there he was Fourth of July weekend, supposed to be enjoying the serenity he had always known at a lake within White River National Forest. “Popular,” Fitzwilliams had always known it,…
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‘Knock on wood’ for return of hiking to Hanging Lake in Colorado
Cautious optimism surrounds the future of Hanging Lake, one of Colorado’s most beloved natural destinations, which at one point last summer was believed to have been lost to wildfire. “We were 100% sure it was was gone,” recalled Scott Fitzwilliams, White River National Forest’s supervisor based in Glenwood Springs. That was his feeling one night…
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Christmas Tree from Colorado lights up the U.S. Capitol
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After traveling over 1,800 miles cross-country, a Englemann spruce from Colorado brightened the sky outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, as many gathered around it to take in the red, green, yellow and blue lights. Members of the Colorado delegation, including U.S. Reps Diana DeGette, Joseph…