Irwin-area access standoff continues

By Will Shoemaker

Conflict stemming from an onslaught of backcountry users continues to rear its head west of Crested Butte weeks before the majority of summer visitors have descended upon the area.

Gunnison County leaders this week backed out of their attempts at mediating an agreement between U.S. Forest Service officials and landowners near the historic mining town-turned-recreation enclave of Irwin — one of whom has erected a gate blocking a jeep

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