Tag: Cottonwood Pass
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‘It’s just astounding:’ 4,200-plus acres conserved in Colorado’s mountains
Land managers in Colorado’s central mountains are celebrating what they’re calling an unprecedented open space acquisition. Eagle and Pitkin counties recently finalized their acquisition of Three Meadows Ranch — 4,251 acres sprawling to the west of Cottonwood Pass over the Roaring Fork Valley. It’s Eagle County’s largest such open space purchase: $12.5 million toward the total…
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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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Trail Ridge Road among Colorado’s high, scenic roads closed through Memorial Day
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some of Coloradans’ favorite, scenic drives won’t be available this Memorial Day weekend as heavy snow continues to coat the high country. Rocky Mountain National Park typically aims to open its famed Trail Ridge Road by the holiday weekend. Not so this year, with a…
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For Colorado’s autumn glory, we can always count on Gazette photographers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Ooooh, look at that,” Gazette photo editor Christian Murdock remarked as the road crested to reveal an image in the distance: fresh snow coating the Collegiate Peaks. Snow, he knew, would be a great complement to Colorado’s classic, autumn color. So it was on Cottonwood…
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Best spots to see wildflowers in Colorado? We asked a few experts
Thanks to abundant moisture, wildflowers are starting to show across Colorado with hopes high for “super blooms” later this month as snow melts from the high country. We asked a few experts and enthusiasts for their favorite viewing places around the state. Jen Bousselot, Colorado State University assistant professor of horticulture My absolute favorite is…
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I-70 Glenwood Canyon bypass plan moving forward on Cottonwood Pass
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The narrow, winding, often impassable dirt road between Gypsum and Glenwood Springs used by drivers to get around emergency closures of I-70 through Glenwood Canyon looks like it might be getting safety improvements — eventually. Two open house presentations by the Colorado Department of Transportation…
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Safety improvements for Glenwood Canyon bypass mulled
An often treacherous and muddy network of county roads over Cottonwood Pass between Glenwood Springs and Gypsum where deaths have occurred is the subject of a coalition between the state and county authorities to improve safety. The unofficial bypass route is a series of unpaved county roads that link the towns that has been used…