Why does Aspen one, a skiing company even bother with "sustainability" at all in the first place?
The whole business is predicated on deforestation and people flying airplanes to ski for the weekend.
The whole business is predicated on deforestation and people flying airplanes to ski for the weekend.
When that wasn't economically viable anymore because of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1893 ,
it slowly reinvented itself as a ski-resort.
I'd bet there is more deforestation by avalanches in the area.
Or forest fires.
> ...and people flying airplanes to ski for the weekend.
There were railroads there.
They could be built back from Glenwood Springs along or in the midst of HWY82,
and/or the scenic route along the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Pass_(Colorado) ,
https://www.american-rails.com/tennessee.html ,
optionally via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagerman_Pass ,
Norrie, Ruedi Reservoir, Basalt.
More history & maps:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Midland_Railway
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