Tag: Buena Vista
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Visiting Buena Vista: Massive mountains, summer festivals, ghost towns, and more
Renowned for summer festivals, whitewater rafting, and fourteeners, Buena Vista is an iconic town in Colorado, and it offers an excellent escape from citylife. History: Like many of Colorado’s mountain towns, Buena Vista began as a mining town. According to Western Mining History, the area was first occupied by Utes. Spanish and Anglo explorers began…
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8 unexpected Colorado music venues you should try this year
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Take a rock on the wild side. Colorado is filled with lesser-known places to see live music. Here is a small sample of some. You know about Red Rocks. You’ve heard of Ball Arena and Fiddler’s Green. (Those were rhetorical questions.) But people are always coming and going from this state like rush hour. We…
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How to correctly say the ‘most mispronounced’ town name in Colorado
We produce a lot of video content at OutThere Colorado, and part of producing that video content means our team has to do our best to properly pronounce a lot of words related to the Centennial State. From spots like Ouray to peaks like Tabguache, there always seems to be debate in the comment section regarding whether or…
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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
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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
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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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Colorado’s hot springs are growing and flowing with major investments
A few years before the COVID-19 pandemic, Chris McLaughlin’s outlook on life had already shifted. His mom had died. Soon after, he lost a close friend to cancer. “I was in Chicago working seven days a week,” McLaughlin recalled. Tragedy made him think: “Where am I really finding joy and peace, and being able to…
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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…