Tag: Fishers Peak State Park
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Trails expanding at Colorado’s newest state park
The possibilities for adventure are growing around one of southern Colorado’s most iconic mountains. Construction recently started on about 10 miles of new trail at Fishers Peak State Park — adding to the network that has steadily expanded at Colorado’s newest state park. Spanning more than 16 miles currently, the network includes a long path to…
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More trails coming to Fishers Peak in southern Colorado
Trails are set to expand around an iconic mountain in southern Colorado. Fishers Peak State Park Manager Crystal Dreiling said the park’s next “trail package” would soon go out to bid — a project adding about 10 miles to the network that has steadily grown around the flat-top mountain overlooking Trinidad. The aim is to…
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Iconic summit trail in southern Colorado making summer debut
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A trail to the top of an iconic mountain in southern Colorado is about to open for its first summer. Starting Aug. 1, the seasonal closure for raptor nesting on Fishers Peak’s upper cliffs will lift — granting hikers access to the chimney-like summit looming 9,600…
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Happy Trails: A marvelous tour of trails around Fishers Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The path to the top of Fishers Peak, one of southern Colorado’s most recognized promontories, could be finished and opened late this summer. It’ll be seasonally closed March through July for falcons nesting in the uppermost cliffs. But one doesn’t need to wait until then…
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New trails open at Fishers Peak in southern Colorado
After years in busy Boulder and busier Denver, Juan Delaroca was looking for something else. In 2015, he found it driving through Trinidad near Colorado’s southern border with New Mexico — found it in the sight of a mighty flattop, Fishers Peak, which was privately held at the time. “I just kind of looked around and…
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New Mexico town sees Colorado peak unlocking potential of cherished canyon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RATON, N.M. • Alan Montoya was never coming back to this small town. After high school, he chased the dream of many. “People wanna see what else is out there,” he says. “Our town is one of those where, you know, it’s really easy to…
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New Mexico town sees Colorado peak unlocking potential of cherished canyon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sights and sounds from Sugarite Canyon State Park in northeast New Mexico. (Video by Seth Boster) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “LIFE | Sugarite Canyon State Park”, “description”: “Sights and sounds from Sugarite Canyon State Park in northeast New Mexico. (Video by Seth Boster)”,…
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Interest groups forming to shape future of Colorado’s new state park
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Officials are assembling a team to help shape Colorado’s new state park. Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently published a questionnaire meant to recruit organizations and businesses “with direct knowledge and expertise for the project.” Respondents will be placed in interest groups that are expected to…
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Your 2021 Colorado bucket list for outdoor adventure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For better or for worse, the pandemic gave many of us more opportunities to achieve our outdoor goals. We crossed off much from our bucket lists in 2020. Yet still, Colorado never ceases to beckon. For your consideration this year: Pay respects to the ancestors…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife on lookout for next state park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Coloradans have been granted a “sneak peek” of their 42nd state park — a small slice of Fishers Peak State Park in Trinidad was unveiled last month — they are now being asked to dream about the 43rd. Through a new online system, people…