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We’ve been delighted (and relieved) this last week to see the beautiful native bighorn herd return to their winter habitat above East Vail. Wildlife lovers have been treated to viewing upward of 40 of these.
I’ve been fortunate in my life to climb in some of the most spectacular areas in the world, including the Andes, Alps, Himalayas and Hindu Kush. Yet, whenever I come home to Colorado, I find Wilderness.
This past year, Summit County Rescue Group volunteers responded to avalanches, lost skiers, hikers sinking so deep into the snow that they lost their shoes, trailside ankle injuries and off-road drivers who got their vehicles.
30 years ago Dec. 17, 1983 A Vail homeowner, in a letter to the Aspen Times, used golf course development to call attention to what he called “Wal-Mart culture” and out-of-control development in Eagle County..