Lake George News

Gayle Settles' view from his home, north of Woodland Park, changed drastically after the June 2002 Hayman fire tore through the area.

Lake George, CO Published 8 hour ago There's a 40 acre stretch of land near Lake George that represented a dream for Ginger Krabbenhoft.

A former Forest Service worker was released from federal prison Monday after completing a six-year prison sentence for starting the worst wildfire in Colorado state history.

Park County Commissioner Louis Doc McKay passed away Thursday night after a lengthy hospital stay, according to county public information officer Linda Balough. via The Summit County Journal

Hazy conditions and the smell of smoke filled the air over Southern Colorado on Wednesday, prompting concerns that a wildfire could be burning nearby. via KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Florissant Published 3 hour ago A grass fire burning in a subdivision in Florissant has been contained. via KOAA-TV Pueblo

“Earthquakes are common in Colorado”

It was a minor quake, but people in the town of Lake George say they felt it. According to the U.S. Geological Survey; at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, a 2.9 earthquake struck 22 miles northwest of Lake George. via KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

While many visitors got a little extra time in the High Country two weekends ago as snows rendered Interstate 70 completely useless - nothing says vacation better than a night on a school floor in Kremmling - I ... via The Vail Trail

“It takes away the constraint of the 50-minute lecture or the three-hour lab. You can continue on things until you're finished.”

It's a silly old expression, but Professor Eric Leonard says it's true: The best geologist is the one who's seen the most rocks.

Which is why, on a crisp fall morning, Leonard was driving a van full of sleeping bags and sleepy-eyed Colorado College freshmen into the mountains around Pike's Peak, where the history of the earth is writ large in giant slabs of igneous rock jutting up from the ground.

The overnight trip, and another lasting four nights a week later in Rocky Mountain National Park, offer the kind of intense, hands-on learning that the typical college lecture course rarely has. Read more

Santa Anna winds that fanned Southern California's wildfires were expected to weaken Wednesday and a gradual cooling trend was anticipated by Thursday.

Light rain was forecast for northwestern Washington as a Pacific front moves into the region.

A cold front was expected to bring rain showers to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Farther south, a low pressure system stalled over the Tennessee Valley and the system's cold front was projected to move through the Southeast, delivering showers and thunderstorms to the region. Severe storms were possible in some areas. Read more

This variation on a classic Lost Creek Wilderness trail takes hikers along a mossy creek to a gentle alpine summit with views all around and plenty of options for further wandering. via The Gazette

“Smoke is a real issue. From an ecological standpoint, I would really like to see it (prescribed burning) used more.”

There was no big wildfire news to report last week from the vicinity of the Hayman burn, and that's the way everyone wants it. via The Gazette

The U.S. Forest Service is working a fairly large controlled burn just south of Lake George. via KRDO-TV Colorado Springs