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A dark sky forms over Steamboat Resort, potentially bringing rain but also the threat of lightning that could cause a wildfire on the mountain. (Photo by John F. Russell)
A wildfire threatening a ski resort isn’t entirely unfamiliar in Colorado. The 416 Fire, one of the largest in the state’s history, nearly took out Purgatory Ski Area outside Durango in 2018. Two years later, another wildfire claimed about 6 acres at the same mountain resort.
Such a massive blaze isn’t easy to recall having happened at Steamboat Resort, according to Corey Peterson, director of slope maintenance, at least not since he’s been with the resort.
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Fire Restrictions for Medicine Bow and Thunder Basin
Beginning today, June 16, stage 1 fire restrictions will be in effect for the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland.
This includes National Forest System lands located in Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, and Routt counties in northwest Colorado, as well as Albany, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Natrona, Niobrara, Platte, and Weston counties in Wyoming.
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These restrictions are necessary due to dry fuel conditions, persistent fire weather patterns, and the danger of human-caused wildfires from recreation usage across the Forests and Grassland.
The following prohibitions are in effect until further notice:
Stage 1 fire restrictions will go into effect Wednesday morning for all U.S. Forest Service land in Routt County, part of a coordinated effort among several agencies to put bans in place across Northwest Colorado.
The Routt County Board of Commissioners are having an emergency meeting Wednesday morning when they are expected to make the same move, and the Bureau of Land Management is expected to announce a fire ban for the land it controls as well.
“The preference is that all of the agencies … agree to do it at the same time,” Routt County Commissioner Tim Corrigan said. “It is not ideal to have (the county) go into a fire ban but have the Forest Service not.”