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Snowmass: Discover its Ice Age past and its snowy present

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A 2010 excavation of a glacial lake in Snowmass Village unexpectedly uncovered the world's most bountiful collection of mastodon fossils. In total, 5,426 large animal fossils, including 35 mastodon skeletons, plus countless plant and microfossils were recovered. The animals roamed the area between 55,000 and 140,000 years ago.

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Snowmass: Discover its Ice Age past and its snowy present

While most ski areas in Colorado have colorful pasts as mining towns, logging sites, ranches, farms or homesteads, none can boast a prehistory like that of Snowmass. Tens of thousands of years ago, mastodons, camels and giant sloths roamed what is now the ski resort’s base area. How do we know this? A 2010 excavation of a glacial lake in Snowmass Village unexpectedly uncovered the world’s most bountiful collection of mastodon fossils along with …

1 month ago·Denver, United States

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