Tunnel Hill pile burning could begin this week (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
WINTER PARK Colo. (Nov. 4 2013) – The U.S. Forest Service’s Sulphur Ranger District may burn hand-piled slash on Tunnel Hill as weather allows beginning Tuesday Nov. 5 and continuing through the end of...
View ArticleNov. 5: Tunnel Hill Burning Could Begin Today (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
Tuesday November 05 2013: Sulphur Ranger District is planning to burn slash piles created by a fuels reduction project on Tunnel Hill in Winter Park today. Ignition is expected to take place around...
View ArticleNov. 6: Tunnel Hill Pile Burning could continue today (Tunnel Hill Prescribed...
Wednesday November 06 2013: Sulphur Ranger District is planning to continue burning slash piles created by a fuels reduction project on Tunnel Hillin Winter Park today. Ignition is expected to take...
View ArticleNov. 8: Tunnel Hill Pile Burning to resume today (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
Friday November 08 2013: Sulphur Ranger District is planning to continue burning slash piles created by a fuels reduction project on Tunnel Hill in Winter Park today. Ignition is expected to take place...
View ArticleTunnel Hill Questions and Answers (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
How many piles are there? There are 20 000 piles on 416 acres. Our goal is to burn a little more than half of the piles this year. Why were the piles created? The project is creating a critical fuels...
View ArticleORDER No. ARP-SRD-2014-01 (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
FOREST ORDER USDA Forest Service Arapaho National Forest Sulphur Ranger District AREA ROADS AND TRAILS CLOSURE Pursuant to Title 16 U.S.C. § 551 and Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (“C.F.R.”) §...
View ArticleNov 10: Tunnel Hill Pile Burning continues today (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
Sunday November 10 2013: Sulphur Ranger District is planning to continue burning slash piles created by a fuels reduction project on Tunnel Hill in Winter Park today. Ignition is expected to take place...
View ArticleForest Service to burn Tunnel Hill piles Nov. 14-17. (Tunnel Hill Prescribed...
Sulphur Ranger District is planning to continue burning slash piles created by a fuels reduction project on Tunnel Hill in Winter Park through the weekend. Ignition is expected to take place each day...
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Announcements about Tunnel Hill will be sent in advance of and on burn days via email. To sign up for that list, please email SRDupdates@fs.fed.us subject line Tunnel Hill. You may also sign up for a...
View ArticlePile burning resumes on Tunnel Hill today (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
WINTER PARK – Firefighters will begin to burn piles on Tunnel Hill today. Burning will occur on northeast slopes above Tunnel Hill Road at a high elevation between the ski area and town. Ignitions are...
View ArticleTunnel Hill pile burning continues through weekend (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
WINTER PARK Excellent smoke dispersal conditions allowed U.S. Forest Service firefighters to make progress on reducing the number of slash piles on Tunnel Hill this weekend. Pile burning resumed for...
View ArticleSnow falling as pile burning continues (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
WINTER PARK – Snow is falling in Grand County this morning, and following a successful weekend of pile burning on Tunnel Hill, ignitions will continue today. Smoke and flames may be visible from...
View ArticleStorm system provides pile burning opportunities (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
WINTER PARK, Colo. (Nov. 11) – Firefighters continue to take advantage of a short window of ideal conditions for burning piles on Tunnel Hill. Ignitions will continue today and may begin to occur at...
View ArticleTunnel Hill Pile Burning Continues (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
Pile Burning continues on Tunnel Hill this week as fire fighters take advantage of a short window of ideal conditions to reduce hazardous fuels in the area between the Town of Winter Park and Winter Park
View ArticlePile Burning expected to resume in November (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
Approximately 6,400 piles remain to be burned on Tunnel Hill. Burning will begin as soon as there is adequate snow on the ground in that area.
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WINTER PARK, Colo. – Snow dusting the peaks around Winter Park this week means the U.S. Forest Service’s Sulphur Ranger District is gearing up for the 2015/2016 pile burning season. Topping the list...
View ArticleTunnel Hill Pile Burning to Begin Today (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
WINTER PARK – Snow is in the forecast and smoke dispersal conditions are lining up to allow firefighters to begin burning piles on Tunnel Hill today, Nov. 4. Burning this year will be conducted on the...
View ArticleBurning to resume later this week (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
More snow is in the forecast for the mountains this week, which should allow firefighters to continue pile burning operations on Tunnel Hill as soon as Wednesday. So far this season, firefighters have...
View ArticleSnowstorm allows Tunnel Hill pile burning to continue (Tunnel Hill Prescribed...
WINTER PARK – Firefighters will continue burning slash piles on Tunnel Hill today, Nov. 17, and likely tomorrow as conditions allow. Ignitions are generally expected to begin after 10 a.m. and will...
View ArticleNov. 19, Pile Burning Continues today (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
WINTER PARK Pile Burning on Tunnel Hill will continue today. A portion of one unit remains to be burned. See progress map for
View ArticlePile Burning now complete (Tunnel Hill Prescribed Fire)
U.S. Forest Service firefighters completed the last of the pile burning on Tunnel Hill Thursday, Nov. 19, bringing to an end this fuels reduction project which took four years to complete from start to...
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