1 year ago: US 40 remains closed after avalanche buries 10 cars on Berthoud Pass

The Colorado Department of Transportation announced on Jan. 15 that Berthoud Pass on U.S. Highway 40 will remain closed until further notice after an avalanche Jan. 14, 2024. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office and CDOT crews responded to the scene to help extricate the drivers of cars that had been trapped underneath the snow. The slide trapped 10 cars on the pass. There were no injuries. Additional bank slides and other condition issues made it too dangerous for CDOT to quickly reopen the pass. (The pass reopened Jan. 17.)

— From the Jan. 17, 2024, edition of Sky-Hi News

5 years ago: Granby Ranch faces foreclosure as property goes to receiver

Granby Ranch’s lender has filed foreclosure proceedings, and the property has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The lender, Granby Prentice, filed a complaint with the Grand County District Court on Jan. 10, 2020, alleging Granby Realty Holdings owes Granby Prentice more than $62 million. The complaint requested the property be placed in the hands of a receiver. Consultant Randel Lewis said he is the receiver for a large amount of Granby Realty real estate but not the ski area itself. While it is early in what looks to be a complicated case, Lewis said the ski area itself is not in foreclosure.

— From the Jan. 17, 2020, edition of Sky-Hi News

10 years ago: Granby officials defend decision to stop marijuana shop

Granby Town Manager Wally Baird and other town officials addressed opposing parties at the Jan. 13, 2015, Granby Board of Trustees meeting as they defended a December 2014 decision to annex a parcel of land into the town in order to prevent a retail marijuana shop from opening — something that is legal in unincorporated Grand County but illegal inside Granby town limits. The property is owned by MMK Limited, which is owned by Kevin Speier. Speier presented the board with a petition signed by 96 people opposing the annexation and filed a motion to reconsider. The board unanimously approved a motion not to reconsider the annexation.

— From the Jan. 16, 2015, edition of Sky-Hi News

90 years ago: Ski carnival winners will try for the Olympics

One of the features of the annual ski carnival of the Hot Springs Ski Club to be held on Feb. 3, 1935, will be the 18-kilometer cross-country and jumping events — the winners of which will represent the region in the finals to select United States representatives in the 1936 Olympic Games. The last Olympic team was represented in the cross-country event by Norton Billings of Estes Park and the combination cross-country and jumping events by Jim Harsh of Grand Lake.

— From the Jan. 17, 1935, edition of Middle Park Times

110 years ago: Lumber mill expects to reopen later this year

George Houston, of the Houston Lumber Co., reports that he expects to reopen his mill in the near future. It has been closed down temporarily in order to deepen the well used to secure water for the boiler. The pump previously froze at a depth of 50 feet, requiring a new pump to be secured. He currently has three skid horses and five teams working in the woods on the logging end of the operation.

— From the Jan. 15, 1915, edition of Middle Park Times

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