"Fire, Aim, Ready!" — The Alpine Amusement Unraveled, Part 2

An overnight change at Grays and Torreys highlights the downstream challenges of crowd management.

This written investigation delves deeper into the issues highlighted in the documentary, "The Alpine Amusement Park." Here’s a quick refresher from part 1:

• Crowding is not a phenomenon brought on by the pandemic

• More hikers do not necessarily mean worse trail degradation

• All but two fourteener trails are unplanned bushwhacks

  

Do You Remember the Chaos?

The fi…