Beacon Park Open for Training The White River National Forest’s new beacon training park outside Minturn gives the public an easily accessible opportunity to practice using avalanche transceivers, a critical piece of safety equipment for winter backcountry recreation. “Record numbers […]
CDOT Launches Road Safety Campaigns Paving continues in Leadville Today as the $5 million Colorado Department of Transportation’s “US 24 Leadville Overlay & ADA Ramps” project resumes its schedule on a late summer Monday morning. Crews have been stepping it […]
Look Up, Look Down In Leadville Today Snowing in Leadville Today Keeping one eye to the skies and another on the roads is the order of the Tuesday after Labor Day weekend in Leadville Today. As many across Lake County […]
A Community Mourns The Loss Eric Christopher Gurule, 27, of Leadville, was arrested by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office without incident Sept. 4, 2020, in connection to the death of Randy Flores, 55, according to a press release distributed to […]
Fall Paving Expects Delays, Detours If the regular cone zone season doesn’t create enough frustration and safety concerns for both the traveling public and road crews, add to that a pandemic and historic wildfires forcing on-and-off closures of major highways […]
Paving Project Underway, Off-Schedule Historic Harrison Avenue. These three simple words bring a broad smile to many faces when identifying Leadville’s main drag. However, this Summer of COVID-19 it’s been a drag of a different sort. And it’s about to […]
Leadville Crew Assists with Wildfire Update: August 13 @ Noon. The Grizzly Creek Wildfire in Glenwood Canyon just made another touchpoint with its neighbors in Leadville and Lake County as Leadville’s Wildland Firefighters were dispatched from this side of the […]
Rainy Season in Full Swing for Week Ahead You’ve probably already noticed Colorado’s monsoon season has arrived. This seasonal wind shift that brings a stream of moisture into Colorado from the Gulf of California can often bring more wet, rainy […]
$60.7m for Vail Pass Improvements Yesterday, June 18, 2020 the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced that it has been awarded a $60.7 million grant for significant improvements to Vail Pass on I-70. With the work scheduled to begin as […]
Rubber Meets the Roads in Lake County Shore Pretty Drive. Ever heard of it? It’s one of those local street names that have been around a while but isn’t on any map. Others may know it as the backway into […]
Special Events Cancelled Thru September Special COVID-19 UPDATE: All Leadville special events scheduled for this summer have been canceled. At a special events work session meeting held on May 12, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted unanimously in favor […]
Backcountry Update: Snowy Roads and Avalanches As travel officials issue snow advisories for the Central Mountains including highways in and out of Leadville Today, details about last week’s avalanche in southern Lake County which left a snowmobiler with two broken […]
