Outdoors

‘Now we’re moving to action:’ $2.5 million grant set to advance recreation goals on Pikes Peak

Local and state officials have big ideas for Pikes Peak recreation and conservation. Now there’s money to support those ideas.  Many were outlined in a 491-page “vision plan” last year by nonprofit Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance (PPORA), which over...

Seth Boster

Reporter

Outdoors

Colorado Parks and Wildlife opens stakeholder meetings on new semiautomatic firearms training law amid constitutionality debates

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has scheduled a series of virtual and in-person stakeholder meetings beginning Feb. 9, 2026, to explain requirements for a new firearms safety program and gather input from dealers, instructors and sheriffs before the mandate takes effect...

Scott Weiser

Reporter

Outdoors

Snow farming: How some Colorado ski areas combat a dry winter

When the snow isn’t falling at some Colorado ski areas, the directive is simple.  Go find it.  “We gotta do what we gotta do,” said Tim Kerrigan, vice president of mountain maintenance at Ski Cooper.  And it might sound simple,...

Seth Boster

Reporter

Outdoors

‘No Pain, No Jane’: Winter Park’s Mary Jane opens just in time to celebrate 50th birthday

Alli Salaman lifted her billowing red velvet skirt to step into her skis at the top of Winter Park Resort’s Super Gauge lift Saturday afternoon. Salaman was one of thousands of people who gathered at Winter Park’s Mary Jane for...

Kyla Pearce

Reporter

Outdoors

Telluride celebrates end to ski patrol strike 

The Telluride Ski Resort and the ski patrol union reached an agreement on Jan. 8, ending the longest ski patrol strike in U.S. history. Details of the agreement weren’t immediately released, and many remained worried about the economic damage to...

RACHAEL WRIGHT Special to The Gazette

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Outdoors

PHOTOS: Mary Jane Ski Resort Celebrates 50 Years

Stephen Swofford

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Outdoors

Ski patrollers end strike against Telluride

After 13 days, the longest ski patrol strike in U.S. history has come to an end.  On Dec. 27, the 72-member Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association voted to go on strike after approaching Telluride Ski Resort (Telski) owner Chuck Horning...

RACHAEL WRIGHT Special to The Gazette

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Outdoors

Colorado Parks and Wildlife building ‘bison roster’ for new potential hunting

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is building a list of prospective bison hunters ー a first for the agency as the iconic animal comes under new state management.  Starting this year after the passage of Senate Bill 25-053, bison will be...

Seth Boster

Reporter

Outdoors

Sunday tickets are free at this historic Colorado ski area

Colorado’s best ski deal?  Maybe one that costs nothing at all.  At Steamboat Springs’ Howelsen Hill, “Sunday Funday is taken to an entirely new level,” reads the city webpage for Ski Free Sundays. Yes, on Sundays throughout the season, visitors...

Seth Boster

Reporter

Outdoors

Woman killed by mountain lion identified, lion search ends

The woman who died after a suspect mountain lion attack was identified by officials Monday. The victim of the New Year’s Day attack was 46-year-old Kristen Marie Kovatch of Fort Collins, according to a news release from the Larimer County...

Sage Kelley

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