Tag: Forest Service
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Historic structure of Pikes Peak set for renovations
A historic landmark of Pikes Peak is getting a makeover. Over the weekends of Aug. 20 and Aug. 27, Colorado Mountain Club organizers and volunteers are scheduled to restore the nearly 60-year-old structure simply known as the A-frame. Revamped Foothills trail reopens to public at Garden of the Gods Work is long overdue, said Dean…
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Research continues surrounding mysterious, ‘extraordinary’ creation of Hanging Lake
Researchers are getting closer to understanding the complex, mysterious phenomenon that creates one of the most iconic scenes in Colorado’s mountains. “We really don’t know much about the specific sources of water that spills from Spouting Rock above Hanging Lake,” Eagle-Holy Cross District Ranger Leanne Veldhuis explained in a recent news release. The 2020 Grizzly Creek fire and…
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Historic cabin near Colorado ghost town could be overnight destination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Near one of Colorado’s most-visited ghost towns, land managers are looking to make a historic cabin available for group overnights. The U.S. Forest Service recently announced a proposed $120 per night fee to rent the…
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Mount Evans Highway opens for season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mount Evans Highway — or Colorado Highway 5 —reopened for the season on Friday morning. The 15-mile highway begins at Echo Lake Lodge and climbs to the mountain’s summit at over 14,200 feet. The road is the highest paved road in North America, according to…
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Summer in Colorado: A time to reflect on booms past and present
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Whenever she’s hosting friends or family at her Breckenridge home, Elisabeth Lawrence takes them out to a place in the woods, a place of disturbed earth, dug-up piles all around from more than a century ago. She takes them to a pond, where rests the…
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Before permitting Leadville 100, Forest Service reviewing ‘social impacts’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Before permitting a prestigious race in the mountains above Leadville, the U.S. Forest Service has requested feedback “to better understand social impacts.” That’s according to a recent letter from the Leadville Ranger District, which on an annual or five-year basis grants the Leadville Race Series…
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More dinosaur tracks uncovered in renowned Colorado site
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado rock floor known for keeping North America’s longest stretch of dinosaur tracks just got longer. The U.S. Forest Service recently reported crews cleaning 6 inches of mud and debris from flooding in Picket Wire Canyonlands, the rugged expanse along the southeast plains. In…
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How Colorado’s 43rd state park came to be: ‘It was certainly a long shot’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was the summer of 1969. It was love at first sight. From the minute she laid eyes on Sweetwater Lake in a remote pocket of northwest Colorado, 19-year-old Adrienne Brink knew she would be back. “It’s just so majestic. I can’t even explain it,”…
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How Colorado’s 43rd state park came to be: ‘It was certainly a long shot’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was the summer of 1969. It was love at first sight. From the minute she laid eyes on Sweetwater Lake in a remote pocket of northwest Colorado, 19-year-old Adrienne Brink knew she would be back. “It’s just so majestic. I can’t even explain it,”…
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Pikes Peak National Park? Colorado Springs man has big idea
Jim Strub recently stopped at a comment on Facebook. “Someone was commenting on how awe-inspired they were by their trip up to the new (Pikes Peak) summit house and the views and all that,” he recalled. “And what they wrote in the comment section was, ‘Why isn’t this a national park?’ “I thought, ‘Oh yes,…