{"id":797409,"date":"2019-07-07T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-june-30\/"},"modified":"2019-07-07T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:52:00","slug":"top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-june-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-june-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 stories on SummitDaily.com, week of June 30"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editor\u2019s note: Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com for the past week.<\/p>\n

1. 30 tents abandoned by climbers add to trash pile on Everest<\/a><\/p>\n

The record number of climbers crowding the world\u2019s highest mountain this season has left a government cleanup crew grappling with how to clear away everything from abandoned tents to human waste that threatens drinking water. Mount Everest budget expedition companies charge as little as $30,000 per climber, cutting costs including waste removal. Everest has so much garbage \u2014 depleted oxygen cylinders, food packaging, rope \u2014 that climbers use the trash as a kind of signpost. But this year\u2019s haul from an estimated 700 climbers, guides and porters on the mountain has been a shock to the ethnic Sherpas who worked on the government\u2019s cleanup drive this spring. The trash is creating danger for future climbers and spurring calls for action now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the snow melts the garbage surfaces. And when there is high wind, tents are blown and torn and the contents are scattered all over the mountain, which makes it even more dangerous for climbers already navigating a slippery, steep slope in snow and high winds,\u201d said Ang Tshering, former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Associated Press<\/p>\n

2. Hiker trying to climb all of Colorado\u2019s 14ers found dead near Kit Carson Peak<\/a><\/p>\n

Search and rescue teams combing the mountains in southern Colorado have found the body of a missing hiker. The Denver Post reports Tyler Cline was found dead in the mountains above Crestone. He was reported missing after he didn\u2019t return from a hike in the area of Kit Carson Peak and Challenger Point. Family and friends say he was an experienced hiker who was trying to climb all of Colorado\u2019s 14,000-foot peaks, and Saguache County sheriff\u2019s officials say they do not suspect foul play.<\/p>\n

Friend Fawne Steigerwald tells KDVR-TV in Denver that Cline started getting serious about climbing Colorado\u2019s 14ers sometime this past winter, and \u201ceverything seemed to be going well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Investigators have not released any details about the circumstances of the death.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Associated Press<\/p>\n

3. Arapahoe Basin Ski Area slopes maintenance manager describes what it takes to open for the Fourth of July<\/a><\/p>\n

On the eve of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area\u2019s first Fourth of July skiing and riding day in eight years, the ski area\u2019s operations director for lifts and slopes maintenance Louis Skowyra recapped the numerous variables that led to July skiing at the Continental Divide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many things going on, so many things changing,\u201d Skowyra said in a video shared by A-Basin. \u201cBut the transition periods are really the fun time of year up here, certainly for those of us in the slopes maintenance department. This is the slopes maintenance department\u2019s time to shine out here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skowyra, a Dillon resident, tipped his visor to Mother Nature and mentioned May\u2019s lower-than-average temperatures as a primary reason A-Basin is able to spin its lifts for skiing and riding so late into the summer. Skowyra also credited A-Basin\u2019s snowmaking crew for its work dating back 10 months, when A-Basin fired up its snowmaking guns for the season Sept. 21. Once the snow begins melting, Skowyra\u2019s crew manages the runoff while keeping a rideable ribbon in mind. He said the ski area\u2019s slopes maintenance crew likes to consolidate the snow with a focus on decreasing the surface area yet maintaining as much depth as possible.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Antonio Olivero<\/p>\n

4. Dillon Reservoir near full as last of spring runoff threatens flood in Summit County<\/a><\/p>\n

As the last of the spring runoff trickles into the tributaries that feed Dillon Reservoir, Summit County emergency officials continue to watch outflows below Dillon Dam as the reservoir reaches full capacity. While there has been no major flooding in Summit thus far, heavy precipitation in late June and an extended winter led the National Weather Service to issue a river flooding advisory for the Blue River last week. The dam \u2014 which was built in 1963 for water storage and not flood mitigation\u2014 does not have a whole lot of control on how much water flows out of it through its morning glory spillway. As a result, residents in Silverthorne on or near the Lower Blue River below the dam face flooding risks every summer as the reservoir fills. On Friday, the reservoir was just under a foot from being full, with 2,600 acre-feet of storage space remaining.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Deepan Dutta<\/p>\n

5. Liberty lines: Droves of freedom riders descend on Arapahoe Basin Ski Area for sunny July 4<\/a><\/p>\n

Shortly after 8:30 a.m. on July 4th, the first skiers and riders hopped off the top of the Lenawee Mountain chairlift above 12,000 feet. They were here \u2014 where the country\u2019s eastern slope meets it western slope \u2014 from all across the country, from Orlando to the east to San Francisco to the west. And whether they took one run or lapped all day, the thousands who made up the sea of skiers and snowboarders at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area were in search of a once-in-a-lifetime Fourth of July memory. Despite the monumental crowds \u2014 vehicle after vehicle was parked along U.S. Highway 6 around several switchbacks leading up to Loveland Pass \u2014 and despite the slushy, summer snow, these party people celebrated to the fullest what was the first Fourth of July ski day at A-Basin in almost a decade.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Antonio Olivero<\/p>\n

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