Due to insufficient snowfall and unseasonably warm temperatures, all activities on January 24, 2015 for the Mesa Verde Winter Festival have been canceled. Winter trails will continue to be groomed and maintained for skiing and snowshoeing throughout the winter as conditions permit. The status of the Full Moon Ski and Snowshoe event (see below), on […]
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America’s Best Idea — the national parks — is even better when it’s free! Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free* dates in 2015: January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day February 14-16 – Presidents Day weekend April 18-19 – opening weekend of National Park Week August 25 – National Park Service Birthday September 26 – National Public Lands Day
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Snow at Montezuma Castle is highly unusual! Due to unsafe road conditions, Montezuma Castle National Monument was closed Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Source: NPS
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January 3, 1882 – John Carr defeated John Clum for mayor of Tombstone. January 4, 1881 – A committee headed by George Parsons substituted John Clum for another candidate after he withdrew from the mayor’s race less than a week before the election. John was elected mayor of Tombstone with 532 out of 697 votes.
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Beatty, Nevada (December, 2014) – In an effort to boost tourism and support the local economy, a non-profit group is preparing to construct a large-scale, recreational trail system on land adjacent to the small mining township of Beatty—located in southwest Nevada’s Oasis Valley. The non-profit group Saving Toads through Off-Road Racing and Mining–Oasis Valley (STORM-OV)
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Rainbow Bridge National Monument will be closed to the public from January 5, through February 15, 2015 to complete repairs to the trail from Lake Powell. Starting on January 5th, crews will work on segments of the trail damaged in monsoon floods that occurred in late September 2013. Because of the nature of the work,
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WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis welcomed a package of provisions included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015 and signed into law by President Obama today. This expansion of the national park system helps builds momentum as we prepare for the centennial of the National Park Service in 2016,”
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JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California – The visitor information desk and bookstore at Oasis Visitor Center, in Twentynine Palms will be moved to a temporary building just south of the visitor center while the park completes a seismic retrofit project for the health and safety of visitors and staff. Visitor services will be
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Dinosaur, CO & Jensen, UT –The arrival of winter at Dinosaur National Monument brings changes to visitor access in some areas. In Utah, roads around the Quarry Visitor Center and Exhibit Hall are maintained throughout the winter. The Cub Creek Road is plowed to a parking area approximately 2.2 miles past the Green River bridge.
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Dec 10, 2014 – A very wet storm system will bring substantial rainfall, high surf, and high winds to the Point Reyes area beginning Wednesday night and through the day Thursday. Rain will likely be heavy at times, which will increase the risk of flooding roads and trails. Rainfall amounts are expected to range from
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