Summit County Historic Preservation staff photographed the pin in place and recorded GPS before anyone moved it. Preliminary notes tie the stamp to a mineral-survey grid laid out when the gulch still had active claims, not to a town boundary. The pin will stay at the museum through the winter; a replica may go back on the trail in spring if the location is safe for boots and snow. Mayor Tom Alvarez called it a useful reminder that the hill is a working archive. He asked the trail plan due in November to include a one-page protocol for crews who find markers, bottles, or timber cribbing. “We can keep the path and the story,” he said. “We just can’t pretend the dirt is empty.” Hikers will see a short closure on the lower switchback through Friday while the crib is rebuilt. The museum is taking walk-in questions about the pin this weeke...
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