Snowmass Lake
Alpine lake in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness near Aspen, Colorado, USA, reached by the Snowmass Lake Trail.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is nature calling while you’re in nature? More and more, Colorado officials are asking you to pack your own poop out | Stina Sieg | setting | The busy trail where packing out human waste is only recommended. |
Is nature calling while you’re in nature? More and more, Colorado officials are asking you to pack your own poop out — Stina Sieg (2022)
Source: Readwise highlight
On the busy Snowmass Lake Trail, outside of Aspen, removing human waste is recommended though not required.
- Role: setting
- In the article: The reporter spends two hours at the trailhead, where a box of free waste bags sits but no one takes one; hikers and a local cyclist are sceptical or comply only partly.
- Why it matters: The contrast case to Homestake: where the practice is voluntary, it is largely ignored.