Author: R. Scott Rappold
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The 5 Awesome Snowmobiling Destinations in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A favorite among locals come wintertime, snowmobiling is one Colorado activity that’s hard to beat. Sure to be a rush, snowmobiling is fun for the novice or the expert. Here are five of our favorite…
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5 Backcountry Hut Experiences Around Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You might not know it, but there are a ton of huts around Colorado’s backcountry. Providing a shelter in extremely remote locations, these spots are perfect for winter hikers, skiers, and snowshoers, as many are…
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How to Protect Your Animals from Wild Predators in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Midnight sauntered into the lives of the Phillips family and, in the way cats often do, picked a favorite human, 9-year-old Alexsis. “The cat bonded to her instantly, slept with her, everything,” said Alexsis’ mother,…
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Local Stories of Surviving the Colorado Landscape
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Americans, we love stories about surviving against the odds and the elements. Flip through the channels of cable television on any given night, and you’ll probably find a survival-themed reality TV show. “I Shouldn’t…
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Here’s What’s Up with Burro Racing, Colorado’s Official Sport
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thought Denver Broncos football was the official state sport of Colorado? Nope. Meet the men and women of pack burro racing. It began as a distraction for overworked miners and evolved as a curiosity in…
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Close Encounters with Colorado’s Deadly Rattlesnake
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The first time Bob Falcone nearly was bitten, he was scrambling around the hill just east of Garden of the Gods, trying to get the perfect photo of the rocks. The hill is known, appropriately…
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Hidden Gems on Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak is much more than a 14,115-foot heap of uplifted granite. While appearing monolithic from a patio in town, it’s an amazingly complex mountain, with long sloping valleys, pine-studded hills, forbidding cliffs, hidden hollows…
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Volksmarching a New Outdoor Recreation Trend in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Linda Nyman has visited 45 states, four Canadian provinces and Mexico. As far as she’s concerned, there’s only one way to experience a new place: On the march. The volksmarch. “It’s good exercise,” said Nyman,…
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Mushroom Hunting a Growing Trend in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some hunters follow animal tracks. Others use hounds. Scrambling through the brush along Bear Creek west of Denver, all we had was a meat thermometer. That’s all you need when hunting wild mushrooms – along…
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How We Found Gold in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s still gold in “them thar hills.” I was skeptical. After all, from the first cries of “Pike’s (sic) Peak or Bust” in 1859 until the collapse of the gold camps at Cripple Creek 40…