Larimer County installed an automated pay station at the Horsetooth Mountain Park Trailhead yesterday that allows visitors to pay the entrance fee with a debit or credit card instead of the older cash or check and handwritten envelopes.

“It's something that really has been a long time coming,” said Dan Rieves, visitor services manager for Larimer County Department of Natural Resources.

“It's been on the wish list for a long time.”

The park had extra money in fees last season to to a busy recreation center, so the upgrade to the new payment system was able to be added.

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