Since 2018, the White River National Forest’s Aspen-Sopris Ranger District has been debating what to do with its building and the antiquated Main Street buildings clustered on the corner of Carbondale’s Sopris Park. The current building.
As a 13-year-old backpacking with my dad, I’ll never forget the contentment I felt as I hiked up the rocky trail alongside the raging Hunter Creek. From that first backpacking trip in 1973, I fell.
The day started at 10 a.m. around a truck bed fully stocked with boxes of discount croissants, a bag of clementines, and a stack of Incident Action Plan packets.