{"id":801550,"date":"2019-11-20T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=374693"},"modified":"2019-11-20T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:30:12","slug":"certain-white-river-national-forest-trails-to-close-for-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/certain-white-river-national-forest-trails-to-close-for-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Certain White River National Forest trails to close for winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/VD_VD200710109020091V2.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-90650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/VD_VD200710109020091V2.jpg 325w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/VD_VD200710109020091V2-150x97.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\"><figcaption><strong>Two mature mule deer spotted in 2016 in the White River National Forest. The White River National Forest is closing certain trails in the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District in an effort to protect deer and elk populations.<\/strong><br \/><em>Summit Daily file photo |<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST \u2014 The White River National Forest has announced that certain trails in the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District will be closed for the winter to minimize wildlife disturbance. Starting Saturday, Nov. 23, the following trails will be closed to all human entry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everkrisp Trail No. 2122: Closed Nov. 23 to June 20&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Whiskey Creek No. 2348: Closed Nov. 23 to June 20&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Eastern Hillside No. 2347: Closed Dec. 1 to June 20&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Knob Hill Trail No. 2021: Closed Dec. 15 to April 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The U.S. Forest Service reported that this will be beneficial to the deer and elk populations in the area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our monitoring, we\u2019re seeing deer and\/or elk use these seasonally closed trails,\u201d acting district ranger Marcia Gilles said in a statement. \u201cHowever, we\u2019re still seeing high human activity during closures in certain areas. Please respect the areas these animals need to survive during winter, and turn around when you arrive at a closed gate on any of these seasonally-closed trails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/certain-white-river-national-forest-trails-to-close-for-winter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two mature mule deer spotted in 2016 in the White River National Forest. The White River National Forest is closing certain trails in the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District in an effort to protect deer and elk populations.Summit Daily file photo | WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST \u2014 The White River National Forest has announced that certain [&hellip;]<\/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":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-801550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 20:14:50","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}