{"id":804167,"date":"2020-02-13T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=378985"},"modified":"2020-02-13T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T01:15:00","slug":"forest-service-releases-draft-decision-to-allow-loveland-ski-area-to-provide-snowcat-tours-in-dry-gulch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/forest-service-releases-draft-decision-to-allow-loveland-ski-area-to-provide-snowcat-tours-in-dry-gulch\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Service releases draft decision to allow Loveland Ski Area to provide snowcat tours in Dry Gulch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/86243781_10156566780916193_3376047519623544832_o-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/86243781_10156566780916193_3376047519623544832_o-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/86243781_10156566780916193_3376047519623544832_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/86243781_10156566780916193_3376047519623544832_o-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/86243781_10156566780916193_3376047519623544832_o-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/86243781_10156566780916193_3376047519623544832_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Loveland Ski Area will offer two guided snowcat tours per day in Dry Gulch.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Loveland Ski Area<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>LOVELAND SKI AREA \u2014&nbsp;The U.S. Forest Service released a draft decision Friday, Feb. 7, permitting Loveland Ski Area to provide guided backcountry snowcat tours in the 580 acre Dry Gulch area, adjacent to the ski area\u2019s existing permit area north of Interstate 70.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to partner with the U.S. Forest Service to offer a unique guided backcountry skiing and snowboarding experience,\u201d Loveland Chief Operating Officer Rob Goodell said in a statement. \u201cThis special-use permit will allow us to expand opportunities for winter recreational use consistent with our 2017 Master Plan and the Forest Service mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ski area will use three designated routes in Dry Gulch for the snowcat operations, making up to two trips per day with no more than 16 people per trip. The Dry Gulch area will remain open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>To mitigate environmental impacts, at least 2 feet of snow will be required for the ski area to operate snowcats, tree removal will be prohibited, and compacted snow and ice will be broken up at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/forest-service-releases-draft-decision-to-allow-loveland-ski-area-to-provide-snowcat-tours-in-dry-gulch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loveland Ski Area will offer two guided snowcat tours per day in Dry Gulch.Courtesy Loveland Ski Area LOVELAND SKI AREA \u2014&nbsp;The U.S. Forest Service released a draft decision Friday, Feb. 7, permitting Loveland Ski Area to provide guided backcountry snowcat tours in the 580 acre Dry Gulch area, adjacent to the ski area\u2019s existing permit [&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-804167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 13:57:27","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\/804167","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=804167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}