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🌱 What’s really at stake in Telluride’s contentious new ski resort plans?

Telluride, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi Telluride! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What’s really at stake in Telluride’s contentious new ski resort plans?
  • How Telluride is turning old fracking tanks into wildfire lifelines
  • How rescuers found a lost hiker west of Telluride at night

Also on today's calendar: Drop In Tech Time with Oliver and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Sunshine and nice, with a high of 74 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 73, low: 52.
  • Sunday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 64 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Concerns over Telluride Ski Resort plans underscore lingering tensions (gazette.com) — Major upgrades proposed at Telluride Ski Resort are drawing sharply mixed reactions from the town, county commissioners, and environmental groups, with debates over lift replacements, new snowmaking, a High Camp restaurant, and logging methods. Forest Service reviewers are weighing letters that highlight lynx habitat, wetlands, bike‑park closures, and economic strain after a difficult winter. The outcome could reshape on‑mountain access, summer trails, and local tourism revenue.
   

• Fracking tanks get a new use in Colorado (okenergytoday.com) — San Miguel County’s Sheriff’s Office in Telluride is repurposing old fracking tanks into 21,000-gallon mobile water reservoirs staged around the county to speed wildfire response. Local fire districts, including Telluride Fire Protection District, and federal land agencies collaborated on the Water Ready Project as drought and red-flag conditions intensify across the Western Slope.
   

• Search Crews Rescue Cold and Disoriented Hiker Separated From Her Son Near Telluride (unofficialnetworks.com) — A hiker from Arizona was rescued Tuesday night after becoming separated from her son on the Woods Lake trail, about 12 miles west of Telluride in the Lizard Head Wilderness. San Miguel and Dolores County search teams found her cold but uninjured and walked her out safely. Local officials are urging anyone heading into nearby backcountry this summer to carry extra layers, food, water, and a reliable light.
   

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  • Concert pairs famed pianist, milestone anniversary (ouraynews.com)
  • County to provide free reproductive health services (ouraynews.com)
  • Western Slope counties implement stage 1 fire restrictions amid wildfire concerns (kkco11news.com)

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Ok Telluride! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Telluride

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.