Author: R. Scott Rappold
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Ranch owner who built 8.5-foot fence in Colorado faces $66K per day fine
SAN LUIS • A Texas businessman who built an 8.5-foot-high fence partially around his ranch in Colorado’s San Luis Valley could face fines of up to $65,544 per day after state regulators determined runoff from the disturbed land could contaminate area water supplies. The Cielo Vista Ranch, which traces its origins to a Spanish land…
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Ranch owner who built 8.5-foot fence in Colorado faces $66K per day fine
SAN LUIS • A Texas businessman who built an 8.5-foot-high fence partially around his ranch in Colorado’s San Luis Valley could face fines of up to $65,544 per day after state regulators determined runoff from the disturbed land could contaminate area water supplies. The Cielo Vista Ranch, which traces its origins to a Spanish land…
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Judge in Barry Morphew case rules to limit pre-trial publicity
ALAMOSA — Barry Morphew, the Colorado man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a remote field in the San Luis Valley, will likely face trial next summer. During a brief hearing in the case Monday, his attorney David Beller told 12th Judicial District Chief Court Judge Amanda Hopkins that his team…
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Hot spring the ultimate clothing-optional Colorado experience
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We’re chest-deep in a rocky pool of hot mineral water, steam clouding the crisp mountain air. Two geologists and a miner are discussing the geothermal forces that lift the water from the depths of the…
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The Quick Guide to Exploring the Gunnison National Forest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Gunnison River was once one of the wildest in the West, draining a huge swath of central Colorado’s high country and carving deep gorges, including Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Dams and water diversions…
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The Quick Guide to Exploring the Pike National Forest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak is one of the most famous mountains in America. It towers over Colorado Springs and has served as a waypoint and rallying cry since the gold rush days, when miners crossed the country…
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The Quick Guide to Exploring the White River National Forest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save From the gentle humped peaks of the Front Range to the east to the stunning Maroon Bells near Aspen to the west, from the Flat Tops Wilderness in the north to the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness…
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The Quick Guide to Exploring the Rio Grande National Forest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Rio Grande, one of the great rivers of the West, begins as melting snow high in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado. Each flake of snow that falls – and these mountains get…
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The Quick Guide to Climbing Longs Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This iconic peak in Rocky Mountain National Park is one of Colorado’s most well-known. Due to a lengthy approach, it’s also one of the most frustrating, a 14.5-mile, 5,100 feet up hike that will have…
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The Quick Guide to Exploring the San Juan National Forest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The San Juans are Colorado’s largest mountain range, an unbroken sea of peaks stretching from the mountains west of Telluride all the way to the San Luis Valley. The 1.8-million-acre San Juan National Forest encompasses…