Author: Scott Condon
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Rangers debate what to tell hikers about Conundrum contamination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ASPEN — Now that cow carcasses have been cleared from the area, the U.S. Forest Service is trying to determine what exactly to tell hikers heading to the popular Conundrum Hot Springs. The Aspen-Sopris Ranger…
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Rangers debate what to tell hikers about Conundrum contamination
ASPEN — Now that cow carcasses have been cleared from the area, the U.S. Forest Service is trying to determine what exactly to tell hikers heading to the popular Conundrum Hot Springs. The Aspen-Sopris Ranger District posted a sign at the Conundrum Creek trailhead Thursday morning warning backpackers that the cow carcasses might have contaminated…
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Cow cleanup begins at Conundrum Hot Springs
Air Force Academy cadets snow-shoeing discovered these dead cows at a popular camping spot near Aspen last month. Now rangers are moving and dismantling the cows by hand in the remote area. From the Aspen Times: A wilderness ranger and Forest Service volunteer began the grisly task Thursday of clearing cow carcasses from the most…
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Cow cleanup begins at Conundrum Hot Springs
Air Force Academy cadets snow-shoeing discovered dead cows at a popular camping spot near Aspen last month. Now rangers are moving and dismantling the cows by hand in the remote area. From the Aspen Times: A wilderness ranger and Forest Service volunteer began the grisly task Thursday of clearing cow carcasses from the most visible…
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Air bag saves Aspen snowboarder during massive avalanche
ASPEN — Onna Konicek’s instincts warned her not to drop into the couloir in the rugged Alaskan mountains near Thompson Pass on Easter Sunday. The big-mountain freerider went anyway — and nearly paid with her life.Konicek, a founder of the Aspen-based Orange Extreme snowboarding team, had planned to spend the day checking out the course…
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Air bag saves Aspen snowboarder during massive avalanche
ASPEN — Onna Konicek’s instincts warned her not to drop into the couloir in the rugged Alaskan mountains near Thompson Pass on Easter Sunday. The big-mountain freerider went anyway — and nearly paid with her life.Konicek, a founder of the Aspen-based Orange Extreme snowboarding team, had planned to spend the day checking out the course…
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CDOT may open Independence Pass early
ASPEN — Last year there was so much snow on Independence Pass, southeast of Aspen, that crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation didn’t even start clearing Highway 82 until early May.This year the snow level is so low that crews may open the road sooner than the traditional date of just prior to Memorial…
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CDOT may open Independence Pass early
ASPEN — Last year there was so much snow on Independence Pass, southeast of Aspen, that crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation didn’t even start clearing Highway 82 until early May.This year the snow level is so low that crews may open the road sooner than the traditional date of just prior to Memorial…
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Aspen community remembers Harvey Carter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Harvey T. Carter’s nickname gives a pretty good indication of the kind of guy he was, according to former colleagues on the Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol. Carter was called “Balls” when he worked on the…
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Aspen community remembers Harvey Carter
Harvey T. Carter’s nickname gives a pretty good indication of the kind of guy he was, according to former colleagues on the Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol. Carter was called “Balls” when he worked on the mountain in the late 1960s and ’70s.“That name applied all around,” said Gene Clausen, who worked on the Aspen Mountain…