How to make the perfect 911 call from the backcountry
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Making a 911 call for help sounds simple, but during an emergency it can cause much stress.
- Sep 7
Get Wild: Celebrate the Wilderness Act’s 60th anniversary
On Sept. 3, 1964 is the date President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act. When the Wilderness Act was signed by President Lyndon...
- Aug 31
Thank you, Weed warriors!
Summit County is a beautiful place lush with wildflowers, mountain views and amazing activities. Keeping our county beautiful takes...
- Aug 23
Lights Out for Bird Migration: It’s Time
Autumn is coming. Long before we feel it, millions of birds are already on the move over Summit County as we enter our fall bird...
- Aug 10
Fixing a Wilderness Gateway: Meadow Creek Trail
Meadow Creek trail is a highly used trail right off Interstate 70 at Exit 203. The trail provides access to Lily Pad Lake’s west side...
- Aug 2
Fires, Fires Fires!!
We are in peak fire season again! Smoke has been in the air, from Canada, WA, MT, CA and the Front Range! Our afternoon temperatures have...
- Jul 26
Get Wild: Wildlife Encounters in the Backcountry
Raise the subject of dangerous wildlife encounters and many backcountry recreationists think first of bears and mountain lions, yet...
- Jul 18
Get Wild: Let’s go camping the Leave No Trace way
Nothing seems quite as “Colorado” as a backpack trip to a high-alpine lake in one of our congressionally-protected wilderness areas.
- Jul 11
Get Wild: Everything in bloom
It often begins with the trees. Once temperatures linger above freezing for long enough, furry blooms called catkins begin to bloom on...
- Jul 4
Get Wild: Join a community weed pull to help preserve natural plant species
This time of year, when all the pretty wildflowers pop up in Summit County, noxious and invasive weeds sprout too. Read this week's Get Wild
- Jun 30
Get Wild: Building a bridge in the wilderness
The Willowbrook trailhead in Silverthorne offers thousands of people each year access to the Eagles Nest Wilderness.
- Jun 20
Get Wild: Wild Orchids are blooming in Summit County
We are fortunate in Summit County that, because of the huge range in elevation, we get to see an amazingly diverse collection of wildflowers
- Jun 14
Get Wild: This fire trapped backpackers and hikers
In October 2020, a wildfire trapped hikers on the popular Ice Lakes Trail in the San Juan Mountains.
- Jun 7
Get Wild: 60 Years of Wilderness
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the act. But, what’s so special about wilderness areas anyway?
- Apr 19
Get Wild: The Blue Marble
by Joyce Mosher “The Blue Marble” is the first fully illuminated photograph of Earth taken from outer space in 1972 by the Apollo 17 crew...
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