Highway 14 up the Poudre Canyon opened up to public traffic and river recreation. It was surreal seeing people rafting right next people trying to pick up the pieces of their lives from the High Park Fire.
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| A charred hillside above the Poudre Park community. |
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| The scars of the High Park Fire above Poudre Park. |
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| A melted stove sits in the burned remains of a Poudre Park home. |
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| Not really Christmas anymore. |
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| Firefighter Krystal Sipe, from Tucson, Ariz. cleans the back of her crew's fire rig. |
Full gallery can be seen
here.
Madeline Novey's awesome story is
here.
