Slash Site Pilot Program began Monday, May 12. Smoke my be visible as the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control's Department of Public Safety burns slash in a controlled Air Curtain burner. Learn more about the Air Curtain Burner Program.
Burning operations have been extended to occur Monday through Thursday through the end of June from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting.
The more slash burned means lower hauling and dump costs for the County.
Gilpin County, located in the high country east of the Continental Divide some thirty-seven miles west of Denver, was established in 1861 as one of the original seventeen counties of the Colorado Territory.
While people, industries and fortunes come and go, the imposing beauty of the mountains along the Continental Divide provide daily inspiration for those drawn to Gilpin County.
In 1990 a state-wide amendment passed that legalized limited-stakes gambling in Black Hawk and Central City. The initiative required that much of the proceeds from gambling would be provided to the Colorado State Historical Fund for Historic Preservation.
The high country is not for the fainthearted when Mother Nature sends a 100-year snowfall. A three-footer of spring white rain is not uncommon. Gilpinites need to be ready for prime time in the high country.