This project proposes to install a "Gazex" remote exploder system on National Forest System Lands in the Big Slide Area near Monarch Pass to be utilized for avalanche mitigation along the U.S. Highway 50 corridor.
Location
The Big Slide area lies just east of the Monarch Ski Area along U.S. Highway 50 near Monarch Pass in Chaffee County, Colorado.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
08/20/2018
2
Decision
07/2019 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2019 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Big Slide Avalanche Mitigation | Decision Signed Date: 07/17/2019 |
| Forests | Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands |
| Districts | Salida Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |