{"id":22996,"date":"2020-05-20T09:50:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64691"},"modified":"2020-05-20T09:50:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T15:50:56","slug":"responsible-tourism-hanging-lake-to-reopen-june-1-to-no-more-than-128-visitors-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/responsible-tourism-hanging-lake-to-reopen-june-1-to-no-more-than-128-visitors-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Responsible tourism:\u2019 Hanging Lake to reopen June 1 to no more than 128 visitors daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/HangingLake-GPI-090919-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/HangingLake-GPI-090919-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/HangingLake-GPI-090919-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/HangingLake-GPI-090919-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>The popular Hanging Lake located just east of Glenwood Springs in Glenwood Canyon.<\/strong><br \/><em>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2019, the U.S. Forest Service and city of Glenwood Springs entered into a formal partnership to curtail the number of visitors to Hanging Lake.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the trail to the National Natural Landmark will reopen June 1 but to less hikers than before as a result of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>During last year\u2019s peak season (May 1 \u2013 Oct. 31), no more than 615 visitors were allowed to access the trailhead on any given day. They also needed a permit in order to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning June 1, only 128 visitors will be able to hike to Hanging Lake each day and must still purchase a permit ahead of time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOpening up Hanging Lake, whatever the numbers were going to be, sent a message that we were open, but we were open responsibly,\u201d said Ken Murphy, H20 Ventures co-owner. \u201cI call it \u2018responsible tourism.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the forest service and city of Glenwood Springs awarded H20 Ventures the contract to run the Hanging Lake Shuttle service, which transported visitors from the Hanging Lake Welcome Center at 110 Wulfsohn Road to the trailhead approximately 10 miles east of Glenwood Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the pandemic, the Hanging Lake Shuttle service has been temporarily suspended and the welcome center will also remain closed until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Permit holders will instead be allowed to park their vehicles at the Hanging Lake Rest Area off Interstate 70 or bike to the trailhead.<\/p>\n<p>Both options still require a permit, which costs $12 per person and can be purchased&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/visitglenwood.com\/hanginglake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a>&nbsp;or over the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Eight groups, comprised of no more than 16 hikers each, will hike to Hanging Lake every day with the first group departing at 6:30 a.m. and the last one at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Hikers will be asked to follow social distancing guidelines, such as staying six feet apart from each other.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, designated passing zones have been marked along the trail and staff members will help coordinate the safe passing of ascending and descending groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe experience is going to be phenomenal,\u201d Murphy said.<\/p>\n<p>The reservation system went live Monday morning and as of 2 p.m. more than 2,500 people had already secured a permit to Hanging Lake for the coming peak season according to Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very integral to our tourism season,\u201d said Lisa Langer, Visit Glenwood Springs Director of Tourism Promotion.<\/p>\n<p>In order to purchase a Hanging Lake permit online, one must access&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/visitglenwood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visitglenwood.com<\/a>, which also lists many of the city\u2019s other attractions including its lodging facilities and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll see all the things to do,\u201d Langer said. \u201cHaving Hanging Lake open on June 1 is going to be so wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/responsible-tourism-hanging-lake-to-reopen-june-1-to-no-more-than-128-visitors-daily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular Hanging Lake located just east of Glenwood Springs in Glenwood Canyon.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent In 2019, the U.S. Forest Service and city of Glenwood Springs entered into a formal partnership to curtail the number of visitors to Hanging Lake. This year, the trail to the National Natural Landmark will reopen June 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 08:22:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}