CONGRESS PARK POOL WILL REOPEN
The Congress Park pool will be reopening this summer after construction to expand and renovate the facility began last year, the Denver Aquatics Department said.
Construction of the pool is ongoing, with a waterproofing epoxy currently being applied. The epoxy will need to cure, which could take 14 to 60 days, depending on weather, Cynthia Karvaski of Denver Parks and Recreation said. Karvaski hopes the pool will be open in June, but cannot be sure.
The department plans to post specific lap swim times for each pool online this week.
La Alma pool will not be opening this summer due to a maintenance issue.
All other Denver public pools will be opening for the summer on June 6.
Karvaski also said that the department is struggling to find enough lifeguards and encouraged students 15 years old or older to apply.
Rock climber falls in Utah canyon, dies.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Authorities say a 41-year-old Colorado man died after falling about 70 feet during a rock climbing excursion in Utah.
Steamboat Pilot & Today reports Arlo Lott Jr., of Steamboat Springs, fell when his rappel anchor broke loose in Farnsworth Canyon on Saturday.
Emery County Search and Rescue, the Emery County Sheriff’s Office and Goblin Valley State Park staff hiked into the area and rappelled down to Lott, who was taken out of the canyon by helicopter. Sheriff’s officials said his condition quickly deteriorated, and the medical flight crew tried to save his life for nearly an hour.
It was the second climbing death in Emery County in as many days.
On Friday, 50-year-old Craig Barlow, of Salt Lake City, was watching his friends rappel when the ledge he was sitting on broke loose. He fell about 50 feet and died at a hospital.
Firefighters battle house fire.
Firefighters took on a two-alarm fire in northwest Denver on Tuesday morning.
The fire broke out before 11 a.m. near West 44th Avenue and Tennyson Street, according to the Denver Fire Department. At one point, firefighters had to pull away from the structure and take a “defensive” position because of the intensity of the fire.
No one was injured, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.