Author: By Seth Boster [email protected]
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What you’re really doing when carving an aspen tree in Colorado
To carve an aspen tree — to take a blade to the trunk for the sake of your initials, for example — is to do harm. Harm to a being with a life expectancy much like our own: 100 years, if we’re lucky. To leave your mark, “it may sound cool,” says Dan West, an…
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In the heart of Denver, a minting tradition as old as America
DENVER • Somewhere between your couch cushions or the cupholders of your car, in a piggy bank or a wishing well or on the sidewalk of any street, there’s a penny or a nickel or a dime or a quarter with an inconspicuous “D” beside the head of a president. That’s “D” for Denver. Specifically,…
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5 fall color drives in Colorado through massive aspen groves
Sprawling 106 acres in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest, Pando is the largest known aspen clone in the world. But with research, experts suspect a larger one could be found — perhaps in Colorado’s mountains. We asked where they would look. Here’s some of what they said: Grand Mesa The gentler topography of the planet’s largest…
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While aspens steal the show in Colorado, this native tree also delivers fall colors
Come fall in Colorado, aspen gets all the love. But yellow isn’t the only color in the hilly palette. However short lived and uncertain the display, it’s all the more reason to appreciate the underappreciated native that is Gambel oak. For fall colors, Pikes Peak region destination suggests ‘calling Mother Nature’ Says Andy Schlosberg of…
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A butterfly oasis found just beyond Denver
WESTMINSTER • A little more than a year ago in this Denver suburb defined by box stores and high-rise apartments and hotels, Shiran Hershcovich walked into a world of butterflies. It was a 7,200-square-foot space of exotic greenery. Sunlight splashed through the canopy and mist sprayed, glistening like the Technicolor wings of beauties from all…
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At Colorado’s geographic heart, destination waters connected by the Dream Stream
PARK COUNTY • Atop Wilkerson Pass, across the flats stretching out to the snowy Collegiate Peaks, there’s something in view like a mirage: shimmering blue on the desolate plateau. That’s Spinney Mountain Reservoir, reached on a dirt road past prairie dogs and pronghorn and idyllic ranches where buffalo roam. As first light spills over the…
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Enter ‘the soul of the Rockies’ in this beachy town
At last visit to Grand Lake, we happened upon Bob Scott’s Authentic Indian Jewelry. This was the man’s 51st summer in town, and he was cheery as ever. He answered phone calls with the usual line. “It’s a beautiful day in Grand Lake, Colorado. Don’t you wish you were here?” It’s easy to wish. –>…
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No skiing, no problem in summertime Breckenridge | Main Street Colorado
It’s hard to imagine the 1960s Breckenridge we heard described once. This was from the man who put Nordic skiing on the map here, Gene Dayton. “The streets were dirt. Dogs slept in the middle of Main Street,” he recalled. “There were no stoplights. There were junk cars everywhere, turned-over trailers, houses that were falling…
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Near Colorado Springs, motorsport enthusiasts get their thrills at park built just for them
About 25 years ago, in the hours between their salvage business on the plains east of Colorado Springs, the Mandels would admire the wide-open, neighboring property. What the blank canvas could be, they weren’t sure. It was 86 acres right off Colorado 94, a desert mosaic that morphed between brush and scenic bluffs. “We just…
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Near Colorado Springs, motorsport enthusiasts get their thrills at park built just for them
About 25 years ago, in the hours between their salvage business on the plains east of Colorado Springs, the Mandels would admire the wide-open, neighboring property. What the blank canvas could be, they weren’t sure. It was 86 acres right off Colorado 94, a desert mosaic that morphed between brush and scenic bluffs. “We just…