Alex Menard

• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published May. 25, 2022

  As Lincoln Memorial turns 100, Marble town history is written in pure white stone

  A fluted marble drum fabricated for the Lincoln Memorial, rejected because it did not make the grade. Photo by Alex Menard

  After visiting the beginnings of Colorado-Yule Marble Company in the town of Marble, architect Henry Bacon insisted on using its luminous, white stone for the Parthenon-styled exterior of the Lincoln Memorial he was designing. Its color was, he asserted, “immeasurably superior” to the four tried-and-true marble sources also being considered… read more →

• Locations: News Published May. 4, 2022

  Lead King Loop stakeholder group hosts listening session

  DIY property protectors Tim Goodwin, Jesse Congdon and grandson James stand by their completed fence to keep ATVs out of their front yard. Photo by Alex Menard

  By Alex Menard

  As the upper Crystal Valley sheds its protective coat of winter white, many things are revealed. The daily appearance overhead of a pair of bald eagles means that our ecosystem has a crowning touch: an eagle’s nest. On McClure Pass, the melting snow makes way for a… read more →

• Locations: News Published Apr. 27, 2022

  Lead King Loop debate continues

  An ATV group parked in late April at Beaver Lake, violating parking regulations and the winter wheeled vehicle closure on the Lead King Loop. The people were polite, apologetic and unaware of any regulation. Photo by Alex Menard

  By Alex Menard
  Sopris Sun Correspondent

  In about a month, Off Highway Vehicles (OHVs) will return to Marble and the Lead King Loop (LKL) in great numbers. During the annual quiet winter period, the Lead King Loop Working Group (LKLWG) met for over 30… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion Published Mar. 2, 2022

  Opinion: Last chance for Lead King Loop

  Alex Menard. Courtesy photo

  By Alex Menard 

  It began quietly and slowly, barely noticeable. But, each year the same processional theme was repeated with a faster tempo and more volume. The theme assumed a harsh, incessant, menacing, out of control quality. This is not a music review of Ravel’s Bolero, rather the…

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• Wildflower Walk

  By 1blankuser Published Jun. 7, 2021

  Take a walk on the wild side, visit our newest open space/ wildlife refuge and learn the names of your flower brothers and sisters. If you listen they will speak to you. Free and easy, designed for all.…

• Locations: News By Kathleen Shannon Published Apr. 7, 2021

  Putting the brakes on Marble’s ATV frenzy

  Alex Menard and his dogs stand by one of the few signs regarding use of the Lead King Loop. Photo by Kathleen Shannon.

  Sitting on the porch of a small cottage just beyond Marble town limits, I enjoyed a warm spring day, feeling that I was truly in the wilderness. Local residents are trying to soak up that feeling before the tourist season arrives, and, along with it: ATVs, or all-terrain vehicles, which… read more →