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Winter Pile Burning Operations Planned in Rocky Mountain National Park Conditions Permitting

January 15, 2025 · Source: National Park Service

A NPS firefighter, wearing fire gear and snowshoes, is holding a burn torch to light a burn pile covered with a layer of snow several inches deep. The burn pile is over 6 feet wide.
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Fire managers at Rocky Mountain National Park plan to take advantage of favorable winter weather and conditions to conduct pile burning operations in a variety of locations including Deer Mountain, near Lily Lake, off Highway 7 in the Wild Basin area, near Allenspark and on the west side of the park along US Highway 34.

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