It’s free fishing weekend in Colorado
JERILEE BENNETT/THE GAZETTE
No fishing license? For one weekend only in Colorado, no problem.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be hosting its annual Free Fishing Weekend on June 3 and 4 — two days when residents and visitors are invited to try their hand at the sport.
The agency maintains a web page for those interested in participating, with rules and regulations plus tips for getting started. CPW reminds there are specific rules at fisheries related to bait and lures, possession limits, and catch and release, for example.
The website also includes a list of 100 family-friendly waters around the state.
Around Denver, CPW points to City Park Lake, Bear Creek Reservoir and Quincy Reservoir, among several others. In the Pikes Peak region, the list includes Palmer Lake, Quail Lake in Colorado Springs and Skaguay Reservoir near Victor.
Beyond the Front Range, the popular Turquoise Reservoir near Leadville is listed. Close by is Hayden Meadows Reservoir, which CPW calls “good for kids because it is stocked like crazy.”
For that list and more information on Free Fishing Weekend, go to: https://bit.ly/3MmPEY3
Winter returns snow to Colorado within next 3 days for first possible powder skiing day Monday
Jonathan Ingraham
jonathan.ingraham@denvergazette.com
Updated 10 hours ago
Snow finally returns to Colorado’s high country within the next three days, then into next week as a series of storm systems empty their fluffy flakes from Steamboat to Silverton. Vail and Eldora both open Friday bringing the total operating...
Jonathan Ingraham
Reporter
Northern lights round 2 – best places to view the show within 45 minutes of Denver
Emily Bejarano
emily-bejarano@gazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
If you missed out on the spectacular light show on Tuesday, here’s your opportunity to see them Wednesday with the best views A rare occurrence — although the spectacular light show has been sporadically appearing in Colorado in recent years...
Emily Bejarano
Reporter
Latest snow storm for Colorado stalls, 6-12″ still forecast into next week
Jonathan Ingraham
jonathan.ingraham@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
The following 7- to 9-day period could deliver more snow daily up to Thanksgiving Day The constantly evolving weekend forecast for Colorado’s ski areas and resorts has changed, again, but remains promising as moderate amounts of snow will more than...
Jonathan Ingraham
Reporter
Northern lights visible across Colorado from severe geomagnetic storm, possible viewing again Wednesday night
Jonathan Ingraham
jonathan.ingraham@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
The Northern lights, aka aurora borealis, were visible across Denver and Colorado on Tuesday night due to a severe geomagnetic storm that lit up the skies. The Space Weather Prediction Center on Wednesday issued a Level 4 (severe) geomagnetic storm...
Jonathan Ingraham
Reporter
Nederland’s purchase of Eldora in ‘final stages,’ deal expected to close by year’s end
Jonathan Ingraham
jonathan.ingraham@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
The Town of Nederland’s purchase of Eldora Mountain Resort in Boulder County is in the “final stages” of approval, advancing the mountain town one step closer to ownership from current owner POWDR, according to town officials. The Nederland Board of...
Jonathan Ingraham
Reporter
Once dismissed by the mainstream, ski ballet is finding new life in Colorado
Seth Boster
seth-boster@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
The sun was breaking through the clouds one day last April as Lara Rosenbaum stood atop a slope at Colorado’s Monarch Mountain. She took in the scene around her: Costumed skiers twirling around, their arms and legs moving in the...
Seth Boster
Reporter
6-12″ of snow forecast for Colorado by weekend’s end, as dry November ends
Jonathan Ingraham
jonathan.ingraham@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
The first 13 days of November in Colorado’s high country will have been very dry and warm, with only a few inches of snow falling in the northern mountains. However, that is about to change as snow is in the...
Jonathan Ingraham
Reporter
6-12″ of snow forecast for Colorado by weekend’s end as dry November concludes
Jonathan Ingraham
jonathan.ingraham@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
The first 13 days of November in Colorado’s high country will have been very dry and warm, with only a few inches of snow falling in the northern mountains. However, that is about to change as snow is in the...
Jonathan Ingraham
Reporter
Lost cat sends Denver-area couple down rabbit hole of hope, heartbreak
Stephanie Earls
stephanie-earls@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
In the waning hours of Oct. 4, a three-legged house cat named Bambi slipped out the front door of her suburban Denver home and disappeared into the night. What ensued was a frenetic two-week odyssey for the owners, desperate and...
Stephanie Earls
Reporter
Lost cat sends Denver-area couple down rabbit hole of hope, heartbreak
Stephanie Earls
stephanie-earls@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
In the waning hours of Oct. 4, a three-legged house cat named Bambi slipped out the front door of her suburban Denver home and disappeared into the night. What ensued was a frenetic two-week odyssey for the owners, desperate and...
Stephanie Earls
Reporter
PREV
PREVIOUS
Historic, high-altitude tourist stop in Colorado reopening with new vision
A historic tourist stop in Colorado is about to debut with a new look and feel. Above 11,300 feet along Monarch Pass, the old snack and gift shop beside the scenic tramway has been redubbed Monarch Mountain at the Crest — a nod to the neighbor ski area that acquired the property last year. Monarch Mountain […]
Colorado has one Wild and Scenic waterway. Could this be the next?
Alongside photographers, Sinjin Eberle once found himself in a rather obscure part of Colorado that seemed to him in every way wild and scenic. The group started from the upper reaches of Deep Creek Canyon, from the same-named lake near 10,400 feet. From there, the stream harshly dropped more than 4,000 feet between soaring limestone […]