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I don’t normally post about the same thing twice, but in this case, we’ve had such a shocking turn of events this past weekend at Rocky Mountain National Park, I feel compelled. As you know, from my earlier post, we had a lightning strike on Friday that struck a group of…
Continue readingSad news from Rocky Mountain National Park today as a woman was killed by a lightning strike on the Ute Trail and seven other people were injured. This time of year in the high country, it is quite typical to get afternoon thunderstorms, and the danger of lightning is a…
Continue readingAs I was out hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park today, I met a cute family from Missouri who had just arrived. They are just one of many Midwesterners who make the trek to the Rocky Mountain each summer. As I’m driving the roads around this area, I see countless…
Continue readingWith all the moisture and heavy snow we had through May, we were feeling pretty good about the lack of fire danger. It was one of the clearest Junes I can remember in a long time, and was also the only fire-free June for the region I can remember since we…
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