Tag: Buena Vista
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Colorado’s 14er base camps: Where to climb and spoil yourself afterward
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Snow has melted from Colorado’s high country. Consider it nature’s invitation to climb. The state’s tallest summits await. So many to do. So little time. The most avid climber needs a base camp, a place…
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Surfing in Colorado? Yes, and it’s booming where you might least expect it
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eric Thomas spent the 1980s and ’90s surfing waves off Florida, California and Hawaii, with other stops around the Bahamas and tropics in what became a professional career on the oceans. Then he looked to a land-locked state. “I wanted something totally different,” Thomas said.…
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Wildfire near Buena Vista contained Friday, evacuation orders remain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The wildfire burning near the Mountain View Estates subdivision north of Buena Vista has been contained as of Friday afternoon, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office. After reaching 50% containment in the morning, fire crews were able to contain the blaze around noon. Crews…
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Wildfire near Buena Vista destroys homes, forces evacuations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A wildfire destroyed two homes and prompted evacuations Thursday in the area of the Mountain View Estates subdivision north of Buena Vista, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office. The Mountain View fire has burned about 60 acres, according to a social media post by…
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A look at 9 Colorado passes over the Continental Divide — and what to see on the drives
Call it the great separator, or the thing that unifies us as Coloradans. That’s the Continental Divide, or the Great Divide, so named for the mighty formation that separates our North American watersheds between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In Colorado, we know it as the rugged wall between the Front Range and the Western…
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Lakeside camping in Colorado: A quick guide to 7 of the state’s best spots
There’s nothing quite like opening the flap of your tent to the view of a lake, watching the rising sun’s warm glow dance across the water reflecting Colorado’s mountain majesty. Trappers Lake is the second largest natural lake in Colorado behind Grand Lake and sits on the edge of the 230,830-acres Flat Tops Wilderness Area…
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New Colorado hot springs a family dream generations in the making
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They might not seem like much — three small, round pools sourced by a hot spring along a county road in Buena Vista. But Coloradans love any new soaking opportunity, as evidenced by the busy debut winter of Charlotte Hot Springs. And however small the scene…
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Somewhere warm for winter: 5 best hot springs to visit in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some of Colorado’s hot springs rise above the rest. Consider these for your soaking bucket list: Take paths near the pools of Strawberry Park Hot Springs to an array of cabins, a train caboose and a covered wagon. Chancey Bush, The Gazette file Strawberry Park…
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Time flies with the ice cream at this family staple since 1955 | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BUENA VISTA • At her little restaurant impossible to miss along the main drag through town, a neon ice cream cone-topped fixture since 1955, Lois Huyck reluctantly agrees to a photo shoot. “My husband was the showboat,” the 83-year-old quips. “I wish he were here.”…
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New book features 45 high alpine trail runs in Colorado — we asked for some favorites
As a teenager in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, Annalise Grueter could not believe the order of her cross country team coach. “We were going to be hiking/jogging a (13,000-foot mountain) for training that July day,” she recalled. “I was like, ‘What are we doing? This is a thing?’” Flash forward to today, running up mountains…