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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.

SkiCo gets approval for 'Lost Forest' at Snowmass

Courtesy of Aspen Skiing Company

Aspen Skiing Company and the U.S. Forest Service have finalized plans for an expansion of summer activities at Snowmass Ski Area.

 

By next summer, visitors to Snowmass will find an alpine coaster, a climbing wall, zipline tour and new bike trails. Part of Elk Camp will transform into what SkiCo has dubbed “The Lost Forest.”

 

“It’s going to be well-hidden, and you’re going to have a real feeling of being in the forest, so I think it’s going to be unique,” said Steve Sewell, Snowmass mountain manager.

 

SkiCo started constructing bike trails yesterday, as soon as they got the green light from the Forest Service. Those trails may be open by the end of summer, and the goal is to open the mountain coaster in December. The coaster will run year-round.

 

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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