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America’s Most Haunted Ski Town: Crested Butte, CO

Crested Butte in Colorado is America’s Last Great Ski Town. It is also known for being the most haunted ski town in America. Crested Butte sits at 8,885 feet in the Elk Mountains of Colorado. The town was founded in 1880 as a coal mining town with a population of 400 people. Miners flocked to the area around 1860 before […]

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Dominic Gawel | October 25, 2024
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Organization “No Hot Creek Mine” Opposes Drilling Near Mammoth Lakes, CA

Thanks to a categorical exclusion granted to Canadian mining company KORE, exploratory drilling for gold will begin this summer just ten miles outside of Mammoth Lakes. The area proposed for drilling is in Hot Creek Geologic site; a world-class fishing, angling, and hiking destination, as well as the ancestral homeland of the Kootzaduka Tribe which still utilizes and inhabits the […]

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Tate Sundberg | July 7, 2023
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VIDEO: Ridiculous Avalanche in Northern Norway Clobbers Mine, Travels Across Lake

Despite how bad this avalanche looks, almost nothing at this mine was damaged in the avy thanks to a 15-meter (50 feet) tall concrete avalanche wall. You can see the burly avalanche wall […]

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