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Show Denver eyes Olympic bid • Continued from A-12 homes, is moving in the opposite direction of that which we need to go," said Dan Richardson, the global warming coordinator for Aspen. However, Richardson cautioned , that larger does not always mean more polluting. One 11,000-squarefoot house surveyed by the town in its global warming program, called Canary Initiative, had fewer total emissions than one that was 8,000 square feet. Still, the general moralistic bent is expressed well by Mick Ireland, a county commissioner. Aspen "has a late-empire-of-Rome feel to it that's kind of disturbing," he told the Times. "Excess, everywhere you look." But at least one component of the market doesn't seem to be affected, that for custom-built vacation homes. "The custom market for second homes is going strong, as always," said Jon Anderson, vice president of the Building Contractors Association of the Wood River Valley. •Mudslide roars down creek at Telluride blanket WiFi, or wireless Internet access, is a must. "It's the wave of the future," says Councilwoman Kathay Lovell. One tech firm has estimated the cost at $500,000, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. However, Vail this summer announces a 95 percent WiFi blanket with a firm, with the first hour free, but with incremental fees thereafter. •Supporters testify upgrades at Heavenly for TELLURIDE, Colo. - A 45minute rainstorm on July 31 caused SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. a landslide on Royer Creek, a tributary of the San Miguel River that is - Vail Resorts has lined up witnesslocated on the east side of Telluride. es to testify in behalf of its proposed Included in the slide were boulders upgrades at the Heavenly ski area. as large as Volkswagen bugs. The message given at a recent Lary Simpson, whose house sits meeting is that the ski area upgrades next to Royer Creek, compared the being proposed are necessary for •Steamboat base building noise of the mudslide to that of an F- Heavenly to keep pace with other would exceed 100 feet 14 jet taking off. Or, to that of rail- ski areas, particularly in competing for the lucrative destination travelroad cars crashing over a cliff. ers. Specifically, Heavenly wants STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Durango-based Art Mears, a Colo. - A project described as a cat- geohazard specialist who has several high-speed chairlifts, an alyst for redevelopment of the base worked in virtually every Colorado amphitheater, and a new restaurant. area at the Steamboat Springs ski mountain town in the last 30 years, The T&hoe Daily Tribune reports area has received the blessings of estimated the mudslide as a 100- to some backlash. Environmentalists the city's planning commission. As 300-year event. Debris on the valley protest the removal of 230 trees conso often been the case in base-area floor was 10 to 15 feet deep, and sidered old growth. A lift could be redevelopments, however, there was removal will require several hun- realigned. Also, loyal tree skiers are dissent about the size of buildings. dred dump-truck loads, reported loath to lose their turf. Developers of the project, called The Telluride Watch. One Steamboat Place, have asked The Watch reported no injuries, •Aspen sticker price for next for a variance that would allow a and apparently only minor incon- winter is $82/day building 104 feet tall. Existing zon- veniences. The mudslide closed ing allows 67 feet in that location. ASPEN, Colo. -• The stickers on roads over both Imogene Pass, The Timbers Company, the which goes to Ouray, and Black the ski product have been issued at Carbondale-based developer, says Bear Pass, which goes to Red Aspen and the three other ski areas the additional height is needed to Mountain Pass. Imogene has been operated by the Aspen Skiing Co. provide enough residential units - closed several times in July due to The one-day walk-up rate this year will be $82, and for the locals buying 85 in all, to go along with 15,000 rockfall. an unrestricted season pass through square feet of commercial space - to create a profit. •Denver takesfirststep toward the local resort association the cost is $1,179, if purchased by early 2018 Olympics September. Aspen also has a passes •Building heights capped at 55 feet, not at 40 feet DENVER, Colo. - Denver has good two days a week, and also taken the first step toward becoming passes good for one day per week. DURANGO, Colo. - Buildings a candidate to host the 2018 Winter Few pay actually pay the sticker heights have been capped, at least Olympics. The Rocky Mountain value, of course, although it does set temporarily, at 55 feet in downtown News reports that Reno/Lake the tone. Durango. Several corner buildings Tahoe, Salt Lake City, and Lake are already that high, but not mid- Placid have also expressed interest •Self- and motor-propelled block buildings. Greg Hoch, the in the 2018 event. forest users square off town's director of planning, said it Denver has been named a "comwas imperative that the 40-foot limit munity partner city," which the SILVERTON, Colo. - The be adopted while the city considered newspaper says is a critical step in conversation - more like growlhow taller buildings will affect the the city becoming an Olympic can- ing, in some cases - between the character of die district. However, a didate. Denver must explain how it self-propelled and the motorized variety of business owners and has changed since the city in 1972 contingents continues in San Juan developers said that restriction was withdrew its sponsorship of the 1976 County. For several years the facunnecessary. At least four signifi- Olympics. Colorado voters had cho- tions have been squaring off cant infill projects are reported to be sen to withdraw taxpayer funding about how public lands at Molas in the works for the downtown dis- because of concerns about poor Divide - between Silverton and trict. administration and lack of account- Durango - should be used. Now, ability in that effort, plus more over- the new Forest Service travel •Jackson Hole's cheapest arching concerns about runaway management plan has people development. house listed for $528,000 talking again. That plan, according to the It's not clear which resort or JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - The resorts might be included in Durango Telegraph, proposes housing market in Jackson Hole Denver's bid. separation of uses, meaning that continues to march upward. The snowmobiles and other motorized Jackson Hole News & Guide *B ackcountry users post conveyances cannot go in some reports that the cheapest single-fam- wildlife info on website areas. To at least some snowmoily home with land was listed for bilers that means being shut out. $528,000. It sits on a quarter-acre CANMORE, Alberta - Last Dale Jaramillo, of Silverton, wonand has nearly 1.400 square feet. year Isabelle Dube and a friend ders how much more area the The lowest-price condominium was were trail running near Canmore quiet users must have. listed for $205,000. It has 800 square when she was mauled, and killed, by But Paul Conrad, also of feet. a grizzly bear. In response, her hus- Silverton, sees the story differentband. Heath McCroy, has set up a ly. Machines, not people, would •Ketchum's upward march in website, trailex.org, so that back- be prohibited. Those machines, prices stalls temporarily country users in the Bow River he argues, impact wildlife species Valley can exchange information that are already challenged by KETCHUM, Idaho - The real about where the bears, mountain high-elevation winters. estate market is taking a breather in lions and other wildlife are. The split thinking extends to the Ketchum-Sun Valley area. The It seems to be a big hit, so to the county commissioners in San Idaho Mountain Express reports speak, as it is already getting 10,000 Juan County. Some commission1,100 homes on the market in the hits a day. McCroy believes that had ers oppose the plan, but they Wood River Valley, where the resort his wife known about the bears, she won't formally object, because the is located. That's 400 more than was would have chosen to go elsewhere. majority of their const it items the case this year. The Discovery Channel is produc- seem to support it, says the Meanwhile, the aggressive ing a documentary about bear- Telegraph. upward march of prices has started human conflicts, and is focusing on to slow. In some cases, people have Canmore. Allen Best has edited mountain dropped their prices by up to 10 pertown newspapers for 20 years. He cent. However, values aren't actual- •South Lake Tahoe wants WiR has served as managing editor at ly dropping. blanket four different mountain town What's happening? 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