Summit County is the hottest destination in the nation's busiest forest. In five years, from 2017 to 2022, visits to the Dillon Ranger District soared from 12.5 million people annually to nearly 19 million people annually, according to the most recent U.S. Forest Service survey. And ski resorts are not to blame. “If you think
If Summit County were its own national forest, it would be the most visited one in the country. That’s how Dillon Ranger District Recreation Program Manager Sam Massman put it during an April 23 Summit.
While the summer motorized and mountain bike travel season began on May 21 in the White River National Forest, not all roads opened at that time, including the popular Red Sandstone Road (No. 700) in.
As the summer motorized and mountain bike travel season begins Sunday in most areas on the White River National Forest, forest officials are alerting visitors to the likelihood of encountering roads and trails that are.
Copper Mountain Resort wants to expand accessibility to beginner terrain on the far west portion of the resort by replacing and extending the Lumberjack chairlift above West Village. The resort is proposing to the U.S..