Author: By Seth Boster [email protected]

A Colorado Springs-based hub for outdoor news and features is once again a winner in a busy field. OutThere Colorado was named best blog in a poll by Outdoor Media Summit, the organization annually celebrating content creators across the national industry. OutThere Colorado, which shares a parent company with The Gazette, received more votes than…

Mueller State Park continues to position itself as a solid option for cross-country skiers in the Pikes Peak region. The Teller County site recently posted a map on its Facebook page highlighting routes that are groomed after snowfall. Conifer Ridge is a half-mile warm-up on a campground road that’s adjacent to another groomed road leading…

Heather Hansman feels a mix of emotions when she thinks of friends still working in the ski industry. It was that grand idea of being a ski bum that brought her to Colorado for several years starting in 2005. “There’s a level of jealousy,” said Hansman, 38. “But I also see how hard it is.…

Thomas Moore, a young entrepreneur from Georgia, was well-traveled by 2017, having visited more than 40 countries. But when he was invited to join an expedition up Mount Kilimanjaro that year, Moore found himself unaware of the mountain or any of the other six highest summits across the continents. To the invite, “I was like,…

Officials have announced a new way to get people with disabilities out on El Paso County-managed trails. It’s part of a broader effort to improve accessibility in and around Colorado Springs, said Todd Marts, executive director of the county’s community services department, which oversees parks. “There’s an area where that’s very limiting, and that’s the…

He often goes unseen, but for that little ball of light spotted from a distance, a headlamp high on the darkened mountain. It’s often past midnight, the cold hours between one workday and the next. His family is fast asleep at home — or maybe the wife and kids wake to think of him out…

West of Colorado Springs in Teller County, Mueller State Park is a feast for the senses in all seasons. In the spring and summer, wildflowers burst and streams provide the melody through meadows spotted with ponds and old homestead ruins. In fall, the park is a destination for aspen leaf peeping. And in winter, the…

East of downtown Colorado Springs, in an otherwise unremarkable neighborhood of low-slung houses, there stands a home that doesn’t quite look like a home. “Is this a warehouse?” neighbors asked as construction came along in 2002. The 18-foot garage doors indeed gave the appearance, as did the all-metal exterior and blocky shape. “Like a zombie…

In Breckenridge, 12-foot, 25-ton blocks of solid snow have been transformed into intricate works of art. Now they demand to be seen. Starting Friday and lasting through Wednesday, it’s viewing week for the International Snow Sculpture Championships, following a week of crafting by teams from around the world. Through the cold of night, they chipped…