Colorado has had a windy year so far and has the downed trees to prove it across the Front Range as well as in the high country. U.S. Forest crews have their work cut out for them trying to clear trails right now with sometimes hundreds of downed branches and logs covering popular trails.
“I know one trail they went on, they cut out 107 trees off of like two miles a trail,” said Katherine Bazan, who works at the Eagle/Holy Cross Ranger District. “That’s a lot of trees.”
“They’re about six feet long. They’re made from steel. They have sharp teeth all along the edge,” Brazan explained to Mountain Newsroom Reporter Spencer Wilson Thursday morning near Basalt, Colorado. While it’s not unheard of, Bazan said most crews try not to use a chainsaw for a few reasons. First, a lot more can go wrong with a chainsaw and normally you’re not close enough to any civilization to try and get it figured out. Second, it’s a human powered instead of gas powered. Third, it’s quiet .
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