Tag: Buena Vista
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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…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond: Blues, Brews & BBQ, Paddlefest and more
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save THURSDAY-SATURDAY They quilt and stitch and sew and their work makes up the Quilt, Craft And Sewing Festival this weekend in Castle Rock at the Douglas County Fairgrounds and Events Center. Beginning at 10 a.m. each day, exhibits,…
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Bike park of converted junk opening in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One man’s junk is another man’s treasure — or a bike playground. Enter Junk Yard Bike Park. The peculiar compound in the Arkansas River Valley is set to open Memorial Day weekend and will be free to residents and visitors alike. South of Buena Vista…
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Colorado’s state sport? Burro racing. Here’s where you can catch the races this summer.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s not baseball. Not football. Not hockey. Not basketball, cycling, golf or pickleball (though that last one sure is getting popular). It’s not even mountain climbing. Colorado’s state sport? Burro racing. The technical term is…
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‘I’ve got more than 70,000 river miles’: Longtime Colorado pro details best of rafting around the West
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bill Dvorak, 72, might know more than anyone about rafting Colorado’s rivers. “I’ve got more than 70,000 river miles,” he reports from his outfitter between Buena Vista and Salida. “I think this is my 38th year on the Arkansas.” But his life on the water…
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Eating, drinking and adventure in Chaffee County: Local tips for your next trip
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Now THIS is Colorado,” reads the highway sign welcoming visitors to Chaffee County. And it’s easy to see why. With the Arkansas River connecting the idyllic, artsy towns of Buena Vista and Salida, this is a mecca for whitewater rafting and fishing. With an impressive…
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8 of Colorado’s crazy tests on foot and bike: Jagged alpine to rowdy singletrack at night
After cancellations during the 2020 pandemic, this summer saw the return of Colorado’s greatest, terrible races. For the fittest and bravest on foot and bike, it was a return to that inexplicable sensation born by shared suffering in the vast beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Here’s a nod to some of the state’s most infamous…
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Colorado voters spoke, but ranchers remain wary of wolf reintroduction
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Colorado voters approved the reintroduction of gray wolves in 2020, livestock owners were promised fair compensation for damages and deaths to their animals caused by wolves. But if Colorado mirrors the experiences of livestock owners in states like Idaho and Washington, ranchers around the…
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Seven Peaks Music Festival, brought to Colorado by Dierks Bentley, is canceled
Less than two months before the Seven Peaks Music Festival was scheduled to bring country music to Buena Vista, the star-powered fest has been canceled. The festival, co-hosted by Dierks Bentley and Live Nation and set to feature stars such as Keith Urban and Old Crow Medicine Show, will not be held over Labor Day…
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Body recovered from Colorado reservoir presumed to be boy of capsized canoe
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Divers from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team recovered a body Monday from Clear Creek Reservoir where a teenage boy from Buena Vista who was duck hunting Saturday went missing after his canoe capsized, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said in a news…