Jackson Hole News & Guide: Change in rule puts alpine waters at risk

“I have visited this area to climb, on National Outdoor Leadership School courses and, most recently, with family and friends. And by family I include babies and toddlers. The easy access meant we could carry young kids in on our backs and expose them to the majesty of the natural world on a weekend backpacking trip. That made the area our go-to mountain destination in the years when my daughter was young. And those granite slabs above Deep Creek Lake were a natural water park where my daughter and her friends spent hours splashing about.”

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