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227:. A 30-kilometer trail from Galena Lodge to North Fork Campground was fully cleared by the 1979, but at the time was only groomed before the Boulder Mountain Marathon Race; the construction of what is now known as a Harriman trail was completed in 2001. Work on the 47-mile summer trail system started in 2014.
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nearby, Barbers decided to expand their business by building 17 guest cabins. The plans were approved in 1941, but
Charles at the time suffered a stroke and died in 1944. Pearl continued to run the store business alone until 1960. After few changes of ownership, the place was purchased by the Gelsky
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lift in the 1940s that for a couple of years serviced the beginners. In 1976 the Gelsky family sold the lodge to a group of seven owners that tried to capitalize on the newfound US interest in Nordic skiing and advertised Galena Lodge as a cross-country ski resort. After a brief ownership by the
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Service requested adherence to the permit that required 120 days of operation per year, and skiing community of Blaine County launched a donation drive in 1994 that yielded 500,000
316:, a world-class ski race, was established in 1973. Still, the remote location made visiting the resort hard and created problems with the supply of electricity (for a long time the lodge was forced to use its own generator, power line only arrived at the lodge in 2004).
337:). Although BCRD is a tax-supported entity, a pledge was made at the time of no tax dollars going toward maintenance of the Galena Lodge, so the sustainability of the resort entirely depends on the use fees (65%, mostly from local skiers) and annual fundraisers.
274:". A small store survived for many more years, operating in the summertime. The swift demise was caused by the bad state of the mining business around: the mines turned out to be not as rich as they were expected to be, and an anticipated switch away from the
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that demanded from them to either fix or demolish the town buildings, as a result old Galena was erased from existence. With the development of the
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956:"The story of Galena Lodge continues to unfurl"
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924:"A Place Called Galena Lodge"
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