Pay To Hike? It’s Under Consideration At Popular High Country Trail

By Matt Kroschel
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – One of the state’s most popular hiking areas could see a new user fee instituted due to the record setting number of people crowding the area.
Mt. Bierstadt is located in the Mount Evans Wilderness and the U.S. Forest Service says the problem is boiling over.
On any given weekday, dozens of hikers crowd the summit of the fourteener and on weekends more than 100 have been counted at the top at one time.
Matt Fletcher took his son and