Tag: Denver Mountain Parks
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Denver Mountain Parks lead operations at Mount Blue Sky as road reopens
Denver Mountain Parks is leading operations for the Mount Blue Sky Recreation Area as officials prepare to reopen the road on Memorial Day weekend if weather permits. Since Labor Day 2024, sections of the Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway have been closed for repairs as the Colorado Department of Transportation addressed “severe buckling and water…
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A woolly dilemma: Tourism, road salts and wildlife collide on Mount Blue Sky
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One summer day in 2020, Stefan Ekernas and a fellow researcher were driving up Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway in a Toyota RAV4 when they spotted bighorn sheep in the near distance. The herd ran to the road. “We had to come to a stop…
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‘Iconic mountain landscape’ outside Denver adds 167 acres of previously private land
Formerly private property has joined an iconic mosaic of public land in the mountains beyond Denver. The 167 acres are being called the Elk-Bergen property — so named for Jefferson County Open Space’s Elk Meadow Park and Denver Mountain Parks’ Bergen Peak. The acquisition “represents a significant win for outdoor recreation in the Denver Metro…
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His family has been called the first in Colorado tourism. Can the legacy last?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado man who has famously spent his life selling souvenirs keeps a few of his own. “This is one. Look at this thing!” Bill Carle remarks, holding up a thing that is difficult to discern, until several blackened, silver charms become clear. Tiny, collectible…
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Ahead of another closed summer, uncertainties remain for Colorado’s Echo Lake Lodge
A Colorado mountainside lodge loved for generations will be closed for a second straight summer, with no signs of reopening anytime soon. Denver Mountain Parks previously laid out closure plans for Echo Lake Lodge through 2025. Those plans could last longer, as the owning agency continues to learn more about the state of the 98-year-old…
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JeffCo proposes gating Lookout Mountain road after dark
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Jefferson County officials are proposing gates at Lookout Mountain Road, closing the road up the mountain to traffic at night after a history of people trashing the mountain after the sun goes down. The area, between Chimney Gulch Trail and Lookout Mountain Park, goes through both Jefferson County Open Space and Denver Mountain Parks. While…
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New and old West found at Denver area park — and a view that dazzles
DOUGLAS COUNTY • He heard about the bison. But John Boucuvalas knew little else about the place he was going one morning this summer. He was just passing through when he pulled off the highway between Denver and Colorado Springs and thought he was mistaken. “I couldn’t tell if it was some stupid housing complex…
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Fire restrictions in effect for Denver Mountain Parks
Fire restrictions have been put in place for all Denver Mountain Parks properties in Jefferson, Clear Creek and Douglas counties as the areas experience extremely dry conditions, Denver Parks and Recreation announced. Under the fire restrictions, open burning, using or possessing fireworks and smoking outside of an enclosed building or vehicle are all prohibited. Recreational…
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Axton Ranch approved as Denver’s first new mountain park in over 80 years
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council unanimously approved the addition of Axton Ranch to Denver’s Mountain Park System during the council meeting Monday night. With this approval, Axton Ranch — to be renamed Axton Ranch Mountain Park — is now the first new mountain park in Denver’s system since…
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Donation of 450 acres would be first new Denver mountain park in more than 80 years
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