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Large weekend storm drops 33″ of snow at one Colorado spot, snowpack doubles over 7 day stretch

The first big snow storm of winter 2025-26 for Colorado dropped about 10-20 inches in the northern mountains, 8-14 inches in the central mountains and 3-8 inches in the southern mountains. Colorado’s snowpack doubled in both median average and snow...

Jonathan Ingraham

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Heavy blast of snow forecast for Colorado as 2-3 feet could fall over next 2 days

Colorado’s high country is about to receive a big blast of snow over the next two days, with some northern locations possibly seeing between 24-36 inches of snow by Sunday morning. Travel impacts on the state’s northern highways could be...

Jonathan Ingraham

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Proposed development sparks rally to ‘save’ trail, open space south of Denver

For the past 25 years around Denver’s south metro area, Mike Smith has watched homes, offices and commercial centers rise in open spaces he once viewed from the seat of his bike.  But then there’s what he calls “the heart...

Seth Boster

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51 acres of private Colorado inholdings secured by land trust in two popular wildernesses

Acquisitions will help to add onto public lands in pristine state ecosystems The Montana-based Wilderness Land Trust announced Wednesday it recently acquired two private inholdings within Colorado wildernesses, expanding 51 acres for future public use. The two properties are the...

Jonathan Ingraham

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PHOTOS: Snow hits the Front Range

Stephen Swofford

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Musical headliners named for 2026 Outside Days festival, presale tickets on sale Wednesday

Outside Interactive Inc., in partnership with the State of Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Office and presented by Capital One and REI Co-op, announced Wednesday the headliner music acts for the 2026 Outside Days in downtown Denver. Known as the Outside...

Jonathan Ingraham

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Splurging, exploring and enjoying: 48 hours in Steamboat Springs

For the truest sense of Steamboat Springs, you might want to mark your calendar for early February. That’s the scheduled return of Winter Carnival, the weeklong celebration of ski jumping, parading, dancing, s’mores-eating and more. “It’s our Super Bowl,” an...

Seth Boster

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10-20″ of snow forecast in Colorado from multi-day weekend storm

Winter weather continues to bring a lot more snow to Colorado’s high country in December as a multi-day weekend storm packs between 8-16″ for some ski areas across the state. In all, 10-20″ of snow is possible by weekend’s end...

Jonathan Ingraham

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Camping Memorial Day weekend in Colorado? You might want to reserve a spot now

Coloradans are thinking about Christmas, not Memorial Day. But if they’re wanting to camp that holiday weekend in the summer, they might want to start planning now. Some of the state’s most popular campgrounds take reservations six months in advance....

Seth Boster

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New stretch of Peaks to Plains Trail in canyon west of Denver

Another stretch of a long-dreamed trail has opened in a canyon west of Denver.  Jefferson County officials and enthusiasts recently gathered for a ribbon cutting at a new trailhead in Clear Creek Canyon Park — the rugged, scenic site of...

Seth Boster

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