WHISTLER, B.C.—Whistler has a generally wet climate, with forests that have in the past burned on a roughly 400-year cycle. But they do burn, and whether the changing climate will make them more susceptible to fire is a major question touched on at a recent symposium covered by Pique New…

    WEST GLACIER, Mont.—Summer has brought several close encounters between humans and bears in the Rocky Mountains. Some have turned out better than others.

    STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—In January, the Colorado Wildlife Commission rejected a proposal to deliberately re-establish wolves in Colorado. That decision was met with a sigh of relief by most ranchers, who fear wolf predation to livestock.

    TRUCKEE, Calif.—The argument about whether to create a municipality at the base of the Squaw ski area is now at the stage of dueling experts. Some experts are testifying that incorporation will cost a lot of money, and those paid experts on the other side disagree.

    ASPEN, Colo.—Wages fell about 3 percent between 2008 and 2010, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but have now bounced back to nearly pre-recession levels.

    SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—The virtues of vacation home rentals continue to be discussed in South Lake Tahoe, the municipality where the Heavenly Ski Area is located.

    WHISTLER, B.C.—The Whistler-Blackcomb ski area will soon begin to make snow to augment its shrinking Horstman Glacier.

    DENVER, Colo.—Federal land managers in the American West were in Denver this month to talk about fire. With the drought on the West Coast, managers worry about major fires there and, later in the season, northern Idaho.

    WHITEFISH, Mont.—Whitefish residents are being urged to shop local instead of traveling down the Flathead River to buy goods at Kalispell or Missoula.

    LAKE LOUISE, Alberta—Revised guidelines for the Lake Louise ski area open the door for longer hours, both earlier and later, but shifting use toward the top of the mountain.

    VAIL, Colo.—Aspen, Telluride, and Crested Butte allowed sales of recreational marijuana as soon as it was legal, in January 2014. Vail, however, is taking its time.

    JACKSON, Wyo.—As residents of Jackson and Teton County talk about a possible sales tax increase to pay for affordable housing, Steve Duerr has a different idea. Writing in the Jackson Hole News&Guide, Duerr, a real estate agent, proposes to revisit an old idea to bore a tunnel under …

    WHISTLER, B.C.—Does this sound like any mountain town you know? In a survey of communities in British Columbia, Whistler ranks first in binge drinking, defined as having five or more drinks at a time for men and, for women, at least four.

    ASPEN, Colo.—Development of new hotels has been moving forward in Aspen.

    ASPEN, Colo.—In February, a brawl broke out in Whiskey Rush, a bar in Aspen. Two patrons were cut by beer bottles and broken glasses.

    ASPEN, Colo.—It’s definitely a real estate boom in Aspen once again. Elected officials recently approved rules that require noise coming from construction sites not exceed 65 decibels, unless special permission from city officials is secured.

    LOS ANGELES, Calif.—In Denver this past week, organic spinach at a local health-food store cost several times what it had been. The reason? A sales clerk blamed it on the drought in California.