Xcel Energy is investing in high-res cameras that talk to algorithms trained to identify wisps of smoke long before they erupt into wildfire
Crested Butte
Posted inEquity
PHOTOS: People evicted from a Gunnison trailer park moved to brand new homes — temporarily
Housing set aside for bus drivers in an affordable development will shelter families, but for only six weeks. “This isn’t a permanent fix.”
Posted inEnvironment
Want a hot tub at your Colorado ski town home? You might have to offset its emissions first.
Breckenridge — and soon Summit County — is adopting a “renewable energy mitigation plan” to offset greenhouse gases from outdoor amenities
Posted inClimate
Insects are in dramatic decline in Colorado, 35-year-long study reveals
62% fewer insects were trapped in a pristine meadow near Gothic, a loss correlated with less winter snowfall, less summer rain and warmer temperatures
Posted inBusiness
One-fifth of Crested Butte’s restaurants have closed, leaving tourists hungry
To top it off, the grocery store will be temporarily closing soon. But thankfully, this is a short-term problem.
Posted inWildfire
Lightning-sparked Lowline fire burning near Crested Butte grows to 680 acres
The Lowline fire is burning along a ridge at 9,400 feet between Squirrel and Mill creeks in Gunnison County
Posted inOutdoors
Vail Resorts declines voluntary recognition of Crested Butte lift mechanics union, forcing a formal election
Crested Butte Mountain Resort ski patrollers were among the first to form a union in the 1970s. Now the ski area’s lift crew is seeking to unionize as part of a resort labor renaissance
Posted inOutdoors
Slow-melting snows mean Colorado’s wildflower season will last for months
Always the earliest blooms in the show, pasqueflowers opened almost a month late this year. And that’s a good thing.
Posted inOutdoors
Crested Butte Mountain Resort lift mechanics unanimously vote to form union
The lift maintenance crew at the Vail Resorts-owned ski area in Mount Crested Butte is the second in the nation to unionize and part of a growing labor movement in the resort industry
Posted inOutdoors
The final ski to protest the expansion of mining on Crested Butte’s Red Lady mountain after a 46-year fight
Two Crested Butte skiers plan a Red Lady protest ski to stir support for the final round of a decades-long fight to block molybdenum mining on Mount Emmons.