USFS Fees Eliminated - Mirror Lake Highway and American Fork

[Marc_C]

Yea!!!

The U.S. Forest Service has eliminated long-standing fee areas on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway and American Fork-Alpine Loop after a review found it may not be appropriate to charge everyone visiting these popular mountain corridors an hour from Salt Lake City.

Under a plan released Friday by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, land managers propose a new system requiring fees only at specific recreational destinations, such as Cascade Springs and Mirror Lake’s fishing site and picnic area.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56361317-78/lake-forest-mirror-fee.html.csp

 

[Evren]

We were on the Alpine Loop yesterday and there seemed to be nothing different, yet? I asked for and purchased the annual National Parks pass for the trip coming up but there were quite long queues of cars waiting to get in and the ranger did ask me to display my pass on the dash...