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Trails maps of Sky Mountain Park are ready to be unveiled
Maps outlining planned trail connections in Sky Mountain Park, the collection of open space parcels that includes the former Droste property outside of Snowmass Village, will be unveiled this week.
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01/22/2012 11:39pm
Camping permit system to begin this season at Ruby-Horsethief
A new camping permit system will begin this May for the Ruby-Horsethief stretch of the Colorado River to better manage the increasing use of this popular area between Loma and Westwater, Utah.
  01/18/2012 9:18pm
U.S. Forest Service planning to rebuild Avalanche Campground
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed rebuilding virtually all of Avalanche Campground south of Carbondale, where most of the campsites were closed this year out of fear of falling trees.
  11/21/2011 11:19pm
Ptarmigan: Year-round high country residents
Ptarmigan impress Kim Fenske.

An avid hiker who's often on his own, Fenske often stumbles across the birds, which live high in the mountains — mostly above 12,000 feet and sometimes as high as 13,000 or 13,5000 feet above sea level.
  10/30/2011 11:52pm
Eagle County man sleeps atop state's fourteeners
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — Jon Kedrowski climbed and camped atop 58 Colorado fourteeners this summer.

Some people ask silly questions like, “Why?”

Kedrowski is a “why not?!?” kind of guy.
  10/05/2011 10:47pm
Dillon hiker dies in fall near Aspen
ASPEN, Colorado — Steep, vertical terrain and unpredictable weather caused authorities Sunday to suspend a recovery operation for a Dillon man who died Saturday in a fall at Pyramid Peak near Aspen.
  09/11/2011 11:47pm
Small mission for MRA, a big relief for the victim
When Bill Sprague finally returned to Aspen earlier this month after last visiting in 1969, he was prepared to spend a week in the wilderness alone. Instead he found himself helpless after half a day.
  08/29/2011 11:22pm
Rescuers come to aid of hiker on Mount Sopris
Aspen rescuers were summoned to Mount Sopris on Saturday to assist a Basalt woman who had taken ill.
  08/28/2011 11:36pm
A Difficult situation for bears, campers
A flurry of black bear sightings since early June at an Aspen-area campground, punctuated by a bruin ransacking a tent Monday, prompted the U.S. Forest Service to impose temporary restrictions on campers Tuesday.
  08/16/2011 10:00pm
14ers: Your guide to getting started
EAGLE COUNTY — Looking to hike your first peaks this summer?
  08/02/2011 10:53am
Signatures favoring ‘John Denver Peak' to be mailed today
The organizer of the effort to name the eastern peak of Mount Sopris after the late John Denver said she plans to send a petition and related application documents to the U.S. Board of Geographical Names today.
  08/01/2011 11:15pm
Denver man dies while climbing alone on Snowmass Mountain
A 25-year-old Denver man died Sunday after he was injured in a rock fall on Snowmass Mountain, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office.
  07/24/2011 11:15pm
Tree hazards prompt closures at Avalanche Campground
The danger posed by large trees at Avalanche Campground south of Carbondale has convinced the U.S. Forest Service to close most of the campsites there.
  07/07/2011 10:31pm
Road open to Maroon Lake, but plenty of snow still
A small crew made a final push Thursday to free the facilities at Maroon Lake from winter's grasp in time for today's official opening of the road to the scenic spot near Aspen.
  05/26/2011 11:39pm
Forest Service says ‘snow long' to winter
Several White River National Forest campgrounds and other facilities will open for Memorial Day weekend, but visitors should be prepared for snowpacked or muddy trails, swollen streams and potentially dangerous conditions.
  05/25/2011 11:18am
Two Rivers Trails founder is RFOV volunteer of the month
For years, Chris Geiger has kept an eye on the development of the Wulfsohn Mountain Park open space south of Glenwood Meadows Shopping Center, while encouraging Glenwood Springs leaders to enhance outdoor recreational opportunities for citizens.
  05/23/2011 11:21pm
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