{"id":2447862,"date":"2019-08-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=311594"},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:00:00","slug":"remarkable-recovery-many-areas-on-basalt-mountain-bouncing-back-quickly-after-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/remarkable-recovery-many-areas-on-basalt-mountain-bouncing-back-quickly-after-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarkable recovery: Many areas on Basalt Mountain bouncing back quickly after fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.9002739726027\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-311594-187\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | Adam McCurdy, second from left, the forest programs director for Aspen Center for Environental Studies, discusses fire ecology with a group touring Basalt Mountain on Aug. 14.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Adam McCurdy, second from left, the forest programs director for Aspen Center for Environental Studies, discusses fire ecology with a group touring Basalt Mountain on Aug. 14.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219.jpg\" alt=\"Adam McCurdy, second from left, the forest programs director for Aspen Center for Environental Studies, discusses fire ecology with a group touring Basalt Mountain on Aug. 14.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | A group attending a fire ecology tour led by ACES picks their way through the burned confier tree trunks and flowers such as fireweed on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A group attending a fire ecology tour led by ACES picks their way through the burned confier tree trunks and flowers such as fireweed on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-1.jpg\" alt=\"A group attending a fire ecology tour led by ACES picks their way through the burned confier tree trunks and flowers such as fireweed on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | A woman on the ACES' fire ecology tour checks out a hollowed-out tree trunk on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A woman on the ACES&#8217; fire ecology tour checks out a hollowed-out tree trunk on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-2.jpg\" alt=\"A woman on the ACES' fire ecology tour checks out a hollowed-out tree trunk on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | Adam McCurdy of ACES leads a group along the Ditch Trail on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14 while discussing the landscapes recovery from the Lake Christine Fire.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Adam McCurdy of ACES leads a group along the Ditch Trail on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14 while discussing the landscapes recovery from the Lake Christine Fire.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-3.jpg\" alt=\"Adam McCurdy of ACES leads a group along the Ditch Trail on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14 while discussing the landscapes recovery from the Lake Christine Fire.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | Hundreds of burned out conifer tree trunks dot slopes of Basalt Mountain near the Mill Creek drainage. Red Table Mountain, untouched by the Lake Christine Fire, is in the background.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Hundreds of burned out conifer tree trunks dot slopes of Basalt Mountain near the Mill Creek drainage. Red Table Mountain, untouched by the Lake Christine Fire, is in the background.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-4.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of burned out conifer tree trunks dot slopes of Basalt Mountain near the Mill Creek drainage. Red Table Mountain, untouched by the Lake Christine Fire, is in the background.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | A fragment of a charred and hollowed tree trunk stands on Basalt Mountain. Numerous standing snags will be falling for years to come.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A fragment of a charred and hollowed tree trunk stands on Basalt Mountain. Numerous standing snags will be falling for years to come.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-5.jpg\" alt=\"A fragment of a charred and hollowed tree trunk stands on Basalt Mountain. Numerous standing snags will be falling for years to come.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | A mix of local residents and part-time residents took a fire ecology tour led by Aspen Center for Environmental Studies on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14. Here they emerge from a part of the forest where vegetation has proliferated.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>A mix of local residents and part-time residents took a fire ecology tour led by Aspen Center for Environmental Studies on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14. Here they emerge from a part of the forest where vegetation has proliferated.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-6.jpg\" alt=\"A mix of local residents and part-time residents took a fire ecology tour led by Aspen Center for Environmental Studies on Basalt Mountain Aug. 14. Here they emerge from a part of the forest where vegetation has proliferated.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | An explosion of sunflowers covers the hillside of Basalt Mountain above the town of Basalt. The sunflowers are mixed among thousands of burned trunks of pinon and juniper trees.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>An explosion of sunflowers covers the hillside of Basalt Mountain above the town of Basalt. The sunflowers are mixed among thousands of burned trunks of pinon and juniper trees.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-7.jpg\" alt=\"An explosion of sunflowers covers the hillside of Basalt Mountain above the town of Basalt. The sunflowers are mixed among thousands of burned trunks of pinon and juniper trees.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times | Fire hollowed out this conifer tree trunk on Basalt Mountain last summer. It is just a matter of time before this tree and thousands of others will come tumbling down. The Forest Service advises proceeding with caution.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Fire hollowed out this conifer tree trunk on Basalt Mountain last summer. It is just a matter of time before this tree and thousands of others will come tumbling down. The Forest Service advises proceeding with caution.<\/strong><br \/>Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/weeklycover-atw-082219-8.jpg\" alt=\"Fire hollowed out this conifer tree trunk on Basalt Mountain last summer. It is just a matter of time before this tree and thousands of others will come tumbling down. The Forest Service advises proceeding with caution.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/remarkable-recovery-many-areas-on-basalt-mountain-bouncing-back-quickly-after-fire\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/remarkable-recovery-many-areas-on-basalt-mountain-bouncing-back-quickly-after-fire\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Walk through the wildfire-scorched forest on Basalt Mountain today and you\u2019ll find that brilliant-hued fuchsia fireweed covers numerous patches between blackened conifer trunks and seared white aspens. Waist-high grasses, nearly neon colored, and numerous aspen saplings cover portions of the forest floor once nearly barren because the thick canopy overhead didn\u2019t allow sunshine in. Windows are now open in the canopy and provide views of massive Red Table Mountain and majestic Mount Sopris, which were previously obscured. A fresh pine scent has overtaken the damp campfire smell prevalent on the mountain this spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Many people in the Roaring Fork Valley were devastated to see so many acres of forest burn on Basalt Mountain last summer during the Lake Christine Fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">But devastation has turned to fascination. They now have a front-row seat to a remarkable recovery unfolding daily before their eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Aspen Center for Environmental Studies is providing a glimpse at the changing forest through fire ecology walks on Basalt Mountain this summer and fall. Adam McCurdy, the nonprofit organization\u2019s forest programs director, has led three public groups of 10 people each into the heart of the forest. A group touring on Aug. 14 consisted of a mix of local residents who were well versed on the fire but curious about the recovery and second-home owners trying to learn more about the entire event \u2014 from disaster to recovery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote p402_hide\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>\u201cWe certainly could, as things get warmer, see more fires in this valley.\u201d Adam McCurdy, ACES<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cIt\u2019s hard to see some place you love have that happen to it,\u201d McCurdy told the group about the disaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">His first lesson on the four-hour tour was probably the most important. He told his audience to watch out for trees that were uprooted but still standing and snagged on other trees. In other cases, trunks were hollowed-out by the intense fire but their shells remain upright. The next big wind or the one after that will bring them down. Construction hardhats were required on his tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Thousands of standing, charred conifer trunks dot the slopes of Basalt Mountain. Most were stripped of limbs but others were simply roasted. They faced heat intense enough to turn the needles a dull rust color.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The roots of all those standing dead are already rotting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cIt will be about five years from now when we\u2019ll worry about those trees falling down,\u201d McCurdy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">People on the tour were surprised there is such a mosaic burn pattern on the mountain. Large swathes were wiped but intermingled with areas that were untouched or only faintly singed. Winds blew embers around Basalt Mountain during the early days and nights of the fire, so the burn scar is splotchy rather than uniform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The severity of the burn on the soil dictates the rate of recovery, McCurdy said. In slightly and moderately burned soil, the nutrients are unlocked and the vegetation responds with prolific growth. In high burn severity, the plants cannot process the nutrients, McCurdy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Areas that weren\u2019t burned as severely are already covered in thick vegetation and young aspens. In other areas, the group is covered with a dark, dusty soil that kicks up big clouds when hiking boots tromp through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cThere are areas of out-of-control vegetation,\u201d McCurdy said. \u201cOne-and-a-half months ago there was nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The one constant in the fire scar is the burned tree trunks. The blackened bark is flaking off, exposing the white underbelly of wood beneath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cThere\u2019s kind of an eerie beauty in here,\u201d said Diane Oshin, a New York City resident who is spending the summer in the Aspen area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">She signed up for ACES\u2019 fire ecology tour because she tries to take advantage of all of the conservation group\u2019s field programs. \u201cThey\u2019re the best,\u201d she said of ACES, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. She particularly likes how the organization collaborates with other groups to present programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The recovery of the forest will likely provide numerous benefits, McCurdy told the tour group. Aspen trees will proliferate where they were previously crowded out by conifers, so Basalt Mountain could be spectacular in future fall leaf-peeping seasons when the aspens mature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cYou can imagine in five, 10 years this is going to be a great mix of aspen with meadows,\u201d McCurdy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Ungulates benefited from the fire because meadows will be more widespread and young aspens are among their favorites foods, McCurdy said. Insects will feast on the rotting wood so woodpeckers and other birds will feast on the insects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Catherine Hagen of Aspen went on the tour with a particular interest to see if birds returned to the mountain. She had binoculars and a camera in tow, which she employed whenever she heard a bird or detected motion in the branches overhead. She got an excellent shot of a Clark\u2019s nutcracker \u2014 ashy-gray torso with black-and-white wings and tail feathers \u2014 sitting at the top of a burned trunk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The 10 people on the tour peppered McCurdy with questions. Were firebreaks created on the mountain? (Yes, some by hand and some with heavy machinery). Did above-average snowfall last winter and a wet spring accelerate the recovery? (It certainly didn\u2019t hurt. If last winter would have been as dry as 2017-18, the grasses, wildflowers and aspen saplings probably wouldn\u2019t be this far along.) Will the conifers that kept their needles bounce back? (Probably not. They suffered damage to the cambium layer, which is critical to their growth.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">After touring a part of the mountain dominated by Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir trees, McCurdy leads the group to the Ditch Trail on lower Basalt Mountain, where fire licked at massive Douglas fir trees. They are better adapted to fire and have thicker bark. One massive tree\u2019s trunk was burned 20 feet off the ground but looked relatively healthy in its towering heights. \u201cI think it will be OK,\u201d McCurdy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The outlook for the West\u2019s forests overall is more bleak. McCurdy matter-of-factly raised the topic of climate change and the warming planet, in a scientific way without apocalyptic drama, during the tour. Higher temperatures are resulting in drier weather in many parts of the West. Drier conditions make forest more susceptible to fire. More people create higher risk of fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cWe certainly could, as things get warmer, see more fire in this valley,\u201d McCurdy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:scondon@aspentimes.com\">scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/remarkable-recovery-many-areas-on-basalt-mountain-bouncing-back-quickly-after-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam McCurdy, second from left, the forest programs director for Aspen Center for Environental Studies, discusses fire ecology with a group touring Basalt Mountain on Aug. 14.Scott Condon\/The Aspen Times A group attending a fire ecology tour led by ACES picks their way through the burned confier tree trunks and flowers such as fireweed on [&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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 13:35:24","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}