Hiking and biking the 300 acre Green Mountain burn area

On August 04, 2008 (Monday) 121 hectares of Green Mountain burned after a lightning strike. Five days later, on Saturday morning, we hiked the area to see the extent of damages. Except for all the roads and trails the fire damage looked relatively natural as I'm sure Green Mountain has burned many thousands of times in the past. However, be sure that I do not promote fire! Nevertheless, natural events should be taken for what they are (natural!) with care being taken to protect people and homes, etc. Hayden Open Space/Green Mountain is approximately 2400 acres (971 hectares) of protected open space just outside our back door west of Denver - we love it there!

Here's my personal web page about Green Mountain, Colorado:
http://www.rogerwendell.com/greenmountain.html

Here's my page on hiking:
http://www.rogerwendell.com/hiking.html

08-09-2008

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