GUNNISON

Winter trailheads get busier each year. COVID led to a surge in backcountry use. Both of these notions are wrong, according to a study presented last week by Western Colorado University. Since 2017 Western faculty and students have used game cameras at five Crested Butte area trailheads to measure winter recreation traffic. The cameras, triggered by motion, photograph users at Kebler Pass, Slate River, Washington Gulch, Snodgrass, Gothic Road, Brush Creek and Cement Creek. Students analy...