Nathan Hunter cuts down the family Christmas tree on Saturday during the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Christmas Tree Train. The train dropped off people with about 30 tree-cutting permits near the Cascade Y north of Durango. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald

Bryce Hunter, left, and his son, Nathan, carries out the family Christmas tree on Saturday during the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Christmas Tree Train. The train dropped off people with about 30 tree-cutting permits near the Cascade Y north of Durango. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald

David Burke cuts down the family Christmas tree on Saturday as Carmen, holding their son, Sage, 1, and daughters, Hailey, 7, and Carmen, 4, look on during the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Christmas Tree Train. The train dropped off people with about 30 tree cutting permits near the Cascade Y north of Durango. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald

David Burke cuts down the family Christmas tree on Saturday as Carmen, holding their son, Sage, 1, and daughters Hailey, 7, and Carmen, 4, look on during the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Christmas Tree Train. The train dropped off people with about 30 tree cutting permits near the Cascade Y north of Durango. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald

Jeremiah Chavez carries the family Christmas tree with wife, Jackie, and their daughter, Savannah, 10, after cutting it down during the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Christmas Tree Train. The train dropped off people with about 30 tree cutting permits near the Cascade Y north of Durango. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald

Lots of Christmas trees sit along the tracks to get loaded up on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Christmas Tree Train. The train dropped off people with about 30 tree cutting permits near the Cascade Y north of Durango. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald

Each cut tree must have a U.S. Forest Service tree-cutting tag on it. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald

Lots of Christmas trees sit along the tracks to get loaded up on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Christmas Tree Train. The train dropped off people with about 30 tree cutting permits near the Cascade Y north of Durango. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald

Joe Weigman, 11, and Matt Janowiak hand Christmas trees up to George Nelson in boxcar on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Christmas Tree Train. The train dropped off people with about 30 tree cutting permits near the Cascade Y north of Durango. Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald