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Carson National Forest Seeks Comments on Plans for Taos Ski Valley, NM

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Carson National Forest is seeking comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for resort projects that Taos Ski Valley, NM proposed. Comments can be submitted between March 9 and April 9, 2023. The Forest seeks to authorize the resort to: Build a base-to-base gondola. Replace lifts 2 and 8. Install a new booster station, water tank, and additional snowmaking pipe. Develop […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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2021 Pacific Crest Trail Permits Available January 19th

The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,650-mile National Scenic Trail that runs from the Mexican border in Southern California to the Canadian border in Washington state. After a dispute on whether or not permits should be issued during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) and the US Forest Service recently announced Pacific Crest Trail Permit applications will […]
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Loveland Ski Area, CO Receives Approval for New Snowcat Accessible Terrain

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Loveland Ski Area in Colorado has just received the green light from U.S. Forest Service officials to expand their cat skiing operations. This newly granted permission will allow skiers and riders to access 580 beautiful acres of the upper Dry Gulch area. Approximately 370 acres are within the Loveland Ski Area boundary and an additional 200 acres lie just northeast […]
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Spencer Cox |
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San Juan National Forest Re-Opening to the Public Thursday Afternoon as Rainfall Dampens Wildfire Risk

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The US Forest Service announced yesterday that the San Juan National Forest will reopen to the public on Thursday afternoon after the wildfire risk is downgraded. The forest was closed to the public on 12th June, for the first time in its history, in an effort to prevent human-caused wildfire. Recent rainfall significantly decreased the risk of wildfires and the Forest […]
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How To: Smoke Marijuana @ Colorado Ski Resorts | A-Basin Pulls Passes, Wolf Creek Doesn’t Care…

Marijuana is now legal in the snowy state of Colorado. Thanks to Colorado’s amendment 64, any person over 21 years of age and older can legally posses up to one ounce of marijuana and use said marijuana in private. This law does not make it legal to smoke marijuana at ski resorts nor on chairlifts. Colorado ski resorts are split on how to regulate this new legal marijuana use. “Already I have kicked several people out of here and taken their ski passes for smoking [marijuana] in […]
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