Tag: Aspen
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Tackling bucket list hike between Aspen and Crested Butte more of a challenge than expected
My limp started just after mile nine. For five hours, I’d carried a 15-pound pack up 3,000 vertical feet of dirt and rock paths, and my right knee was throbbing. Traversing from Aspen to Crested Butte via the 11-mile West Maroon Pass had been on my bucket list for years, but I was beginning to…
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A ‘holy grail’ of conservation: Colorado land manager celebrates Snowmass Falls Ranch deal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 1977, teenager Dale Will started on a trail bound for Snowmass Lake in Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, blissfully unaware that his path spanned private property through a historic easement. This was a property of big meadows, aspen groves, waterfalls and trout-teeming streams under the gaze…
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Aspen’s ski gangs: Rebel guards of a culture under threat
On Aspen Mountain, there was a time when you heard singing. You heard young men harmonizing on the gondola before skiing down to the barking of another group. You would think another group was made up of all Bobs, because the guys and girls all called each other Bob. These were some of Aspen’s early…
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Xcel Energy’s $2 billion Power Pathway project in eastern Colorado under fire
Xcel Energy’s $2 billion Power Pathway project to build 550 miles of high-voltage power lines in eastern Colorado has come under fire from three Colorado cities and a Nebraska energy agency. The critics said Xcel is improperly imposing part of the cost of the new power line on customers who don’t need it and won’t…
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Ski season’s new, anticipated lifts have opened around Colorado
The new year came with new access to cherished or unexplored terrain across Colorado ski areas. Keystone Resort ended December by announcing the debut of Bergman Express. The high-speed, six-chair reaches high alpine previously hard-earned by hikers — what the resort describes as “mellow and welcoming terrain” in Bergman Bowl to the “steep and rocky” Erickson…
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Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff to visit Aspen to discuss combating antisemitism
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff will travel to Colorado this month to attend the Aspen Ideas Festival, the White House announced Wednesday. Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of an American president or vice president, will participate in the festival’s panel discussion on combating antisemitism on June 26. He will be joined by panelists Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall, White House homeland security…
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Long cycling trail in Colorado mountains now closer to reality
A long trail many years in the making through Colorado’s mountains is closer to realization. Officials recently cut the ribbon on the latest completed stretch of Eagle Valley Trail: a 1.7-mile section from Gypsum to Dotsero, connecting west with preexisting pavement through Glenwood Canyon. The segment leaves 10.3 miles left in the planned 63-mile path,…
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Eating, drinking, hiking and more in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley: Tips from locals
As winter turned to spring, Dean Kinkel was starting to dream of summer in a Colorado land of mountains, river-cut canyons and urban spoils. After seasons of well-above-average snowpack, Kinkel was dreaming of what he and his buddies call “the quadruple” from their Glenwood Springs homes. “We’ll go up to Independence Pass and ski; we…
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Permits set to launch for popular Colorado wilderness
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Permits soon will be available for backpackers looking to visit some of the more popular areas of an iconic Colorado wilderness. Starting Feb. 15, reservations are set to be posted on recreation.gov for summer trips to the most sought parts of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. Costing…