Tag: Arapaho National Forest
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10 favorite photos from John Fielder’s career across Colorado
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Over a career spanning 50 years and most every square mile of Colorado, it would be impossible to ask John Fielder for his favorite photographs. We asked anyway. He obliged. We asked on the heels of History Colorado announcing Fielder’s legendary lifetime of work has been donated to the public domain. The agency in the…
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Colorado traditions could be different this summer: ‘The nature of camping has changed’
Last summer, Jed Botsford was camping in a lesser-known canyon in Colorado’s lesser-explored San Luis Valley when he was surprised to see a group driving in to join him. They were from Denver. Wow, thought Botsford, a resident of Bayfield, about two hours away. “Isn’t this drive from Denver like five hours?” he recalled asking.…
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Reservation system coming to Brainard Lake, Mount Evans
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A visit to the top of Mount Evans — or a hike to Brainard Lake — two of the Front Range’s most iconic attractions, will require a reservation this year. U.S. Forest Officials announced the move Tuesday, citing a 200% increase in outdoor recreation across…
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As toll of 2020 is taken in Colorado outdoors, what does it mean for years ahead?
Scott Fitzwilliams was supposed to be off work. But as supervisor of America’s most trafficked national forest, “you’re never off work,” he says. So there he was Fourth of July weekend, supposed to be enjoying the serenity he had always known at a lake within White River National Forest. “Popular,” Fitzwilliams had always known it,…