Coming off the deadliest summer on Capitol Peak, local Forest Service and law enforcement officials are discussing how to better educate hikers and climbers on the dangers of the Elk Mountains around Aspen.

Educational classes are being formed. More information via websites is being pushed out. But the groups also discussed adding signs in the backcountry. While there is an agreement that more “in your face” warnings need to be at or near trailheads, there are those who argue against permanent markers near the summit deterring climbers from a certain deadly path.

If there is a “Y” on the trail and one direction leads to nowhere, we owe it to the climbers, even the most uninformed, to let them know not to go down a path to death. If there is a fork in the road or highway, and we know one at least will cause death, certainly we put a “road closed” sign in the road.

Read more at aspentimes.com.