May 28 - SHRINE PASS - Skiing high above Interstate 70 recently, pausing under a pine tree, World War II veteran Hugh Evans remembered camping by a similar evergreen 66 years ago in these mountains.

Awakened in the middle of the night recently in a backcountry hut on Shrine Pass, I glanced out a window and saw stars, so I threw on a jacket and went out on the deck of Jay’s Cabin ...