With hunting season in full swing, officials are cautioning hunters to pay careful attention to hazard trees and slippery ash in and downstream of wildfire burn areas in Routt County.
The Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest reduced the closure from the Muddy Slide Fire on Wednesday, opening up several trails and roads to the east of Routt County Road 16.
The forest closure around the Muddy Slide Fire was reduced Wednesday, opening up parts of the Routt National Forest east of Routt County Road 16 that had previously been closed because of the fire.
Lynx Pass Campground, the Morrison-Divide Trail and several U.S. Forest Service roads remain closed, but others like the Rock Creek mountain bike trail, Silver Creek Trail and the Lagunita Lake parking area are now back open.
The closure comes as the Muddy Slide Fire is now 70% contained and has not increased in size since mapping at the end of June put the fire at 4,093 acres.
Last fall, when the Middle Fork Fire north of Steamboat Springs would cast a smoky haze through the ski town, Jim and Barb Ficke would head to their Lynx Pass Ranch for some fresh air.
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