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likesmountains 52

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11. I was born and raised in the foothills. I still live in Colorado.

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 02:59 PM

Mar 2022

The thing that destroyed small town life along I-70 was the tunnel. Before that, you had to negotiate either Loveland or Bethoud Pass to get to most ski areas. When the Eisenhower Tunnel was opened in 1973 all of the ski areas west of Loveland Basin along I-70 became much easier to access. That is what started the boom.

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