{"id":1318316,"date":"2020-02-19T15:40:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T22:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=993730"},"modified":"2020-02-19T15:40:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T22:40:43","slug":"discounted-tickets-could-be-offered-to-school-groups-wanting-to-visit-hanging-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/discounted-tickets-could-be-offered-to-school-groups-wanting-to-visit-hanging-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Discounted tickets could be offered to school groups wanting to visit Hanging Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A CDOT employee shovels snow outside of the Hanging Lake rest stop.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Pending approval from Glenwood Springs City Council, teachers will be able to bring their classes to Hanging Lake for a reduced rate of $3 per student beginning in May.<\/p>\n

The discount won\u2019t apply to individual students wanting to visit the national natural landmark just east of Glenwood Springs on their own, but rather classes as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cHanging Lake has so many different educational components,\u201d said Ken Murphy, H2O Ventures co-owner. \u201cIt\u2019s teaching about protecting a resource, the geology of Glenwood Canyon and the uniqueness of the public-private partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, the U.S. Forest Service and city of Glenwood Springs awarded H2O Ventures the contract to run the Hanging Lake shuttle service, which launched May 1.<\/p>\n

The seasonal shuttle service was part of a larger permit-reservation system, which capped the number of visitors to Hanging Lake to 615-people per day.<\/p>\n

The price for a peak-season reservation from May 1 \u2013 Oct. 31 costs $12 per person and includes a shuttle to the trailhead. An off-peak reservation from Nov. 1 \u2013 Apr. 30 costs $10 per person.<\/p>\n

According to Murphy, the discounted rate would apply to elementary school classes all the way up to students pursuing a higher-education degree.<\/p>\n

The reduced rate will be available to classes Monday through Friday during May, September and October.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime we can reduce barriers for children to be able to experience the outdoors and a natural wonder like Hanging Lake, we should take it,\u201d Mayor Jonathan Godes said.<\/p>\n

Based on the number of visitors to Hanging Lake during the 2019 peak season, Murphy was confident the trail could accommodate the additional field trips.<\/p>\n

According to Murphy, in May 2019 the trail had a daily average of 327 hikers. Additionally, during September and October the trail had a daily average of 357 and 217 hikers respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cI support the discount,\u201d Councilor Charlie Willman said. \u201cI think it\u2019s good and am glad we are able to offer it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the contract, in order for educators to be able to utilize the student discount, the field trip must have an educational component.<\/p>\n

Additionally, student discount tickets must be purchased through the school hosting the trip and may not be purchased online.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody is generating revenue from these school groups or these educational components,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cPart of that $3 also goes back into the resource.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A CDOT employee shovels snow outside of the Hanging Lake rest stop.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Pending approval from Glenwood Springs City Council, teachers will be able to bring their classes to Hanging Lake for a reduced rate of $3 per student beginning in May. The discount won\u2019t apply to individual students wanting to visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-05 17:54:04","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}