Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness overnight overuse continues to increase aspentimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aspentimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A fire mitigation project in the Crystal Valley created a mosaic of cleared area and islands of brush left untouched.
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A direct view of the masticator used on a fire mitigation project in the Crystal Valley.
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About 12 miles south of Carbondale on a gentle slope dominated by aging oak brush, a bulldozer fitted with an industrial-sized mulcher chewed through leafless trunks and limbs Thursday.
The work covering 29 acres on national forestland was invisible to traffic whizzing by on Highway 133 and from homes at the adjacent Swiss Village subdivision. But firefighters and public land managers considered it a small, vital step in what will be a long process to reduce fire hazard in pockets throughout the greater Roaring Fork Valley.
Make your Maroon Bells summer reservations quickly, before they fill up
The reservation site crashed as 3,000 people tried to book a visit to the iconic Colorado destination. Author: Rachel Leuthauser Updated: 4:36 AM MDT April 14, 2021
ASPEN, Colo. After 3,000 logged on to the Maroon Bells reservation system on Monday, there is no doubt that the famous peaks in the Elk Mountains remain one of the most iconic destinations in Colorado.
The reservation system for the scenic area near Aspen opened for the season this week and already, bookings for the parking lot in the mornings and evenings are nearly full.
In the first few hours of the reservation system opening, 3,000 people logged on to book a trip, according to rangers with the White River National Forest.
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