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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

Parking banned along Woody Creek Road

Courtesy of Western Adventures, Inc.

Snowmobilers and backcountry skiers can no longer park along Woody Creek Road near Lenado, a Pitkin County District Judge ruled.

 

For decades, the county has maintained a parking area along the road for snowmobilers heading to Kobey Park and backcountry skiers going to Margy’s Hut.

Two Lenado homeowners brought a lawsuit against the county nearly 10 years ago claiming that the parking resulted in trespassing and devalued their property; retired Judge Daniel Petre ruled in favor of the homeowners.

A press release from Pitkin County encourages snowmobilers to shuttle from the intersection of Upper River Road and Woody Creek Road, near the Woody Creek Tavern. Tenth Mountain Hut users may park in a small lot near the trailhead.

 

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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