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Thom02099
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Aug 19, 2018

An Omen of Early Autumn - Colorado? - UPDATE 09/03/18

This weekend we went up CO 14 west of Fort Collins and stayed at Chambers Lake (USFS CG). Nearby is Larimer CR 103 AKA the Laramie River Road. Since it was a cool/rainy weekend, we decided to explore...
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Thom02099
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Aug 23, 2018
gkainz wrote:
I've hunted Rawah Wilderness some years ago ... I need to get back up there again soon. I heard the beetle kill decimated the forests up there?


Yes. There are far more dead trees than live ones, in the Rawahs and the NeverSummers. At Chambers Lake there were a substantial number of dead trees in the campground, haven't been removed yet. All of the trees over at Ranger Lakes CG have been removed, but there's a lot of new growth going on.

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