Tag: Garden Of The Gods
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Homes threatened, but grass fire off Garden of the Gods Road contained at 20 acres
The Colorado Springs Fire Department took down a 20-acre grass fire north of Garden of the Gods on Thursday as unseasonable weather prompted red flag warnings across the region. Crews responded to the flames — reported just southeast of the intersection of 30th Street and Garden of the Gods Road — around 3 p.m. By…
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Through the ups and downs of life, Colorado Springs father and son have climbed on
There’s something about the shoes. “There’s so much magic in these shoes,” Craig Richard says. He’s lacing them up now here at Garden of the Gods — his climbing shoes for these rock walls and towers he’s scaled for almost all of his 40 years of life. He remembers being 5 here at this formation…
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Through the ups and downs of life, father and son have climbed on
Craig Richard and his father, Ron Smith, share a deep bond rooted in their love of climbing, starting when Craig was just 5 years old at Garden of the Gods. Ron, an accomplished mountaineer who once summited Colorado’s highest peaks and North America’s Denali, now supports from the ground as Craig continues their legacy, climbing…
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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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National parks are fantasy worlds in the maps of a Colorado artist
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Not long ago in his parents’ Colorado Springs home, a young man came by his boyhood pen. This was the Lamy Safari Fountain pen Alex Burden had used some 20 years ago during elementary school in Germany. “The last time I used one was in…
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‘New phase’ of reclamation celebrated at Colorado Springs’ Pikeview Quarry — but challenges remain
In the foothills of northwest Colorado Springs, along the Pikeview Quarry scar seen from afar over the past century, two men knelt down to plant a young pine. They were David Isbell and Gary Bradley, two among a small crowd that gathered Thursday morning to celebrate what the quarry’s owning company called a “new phase”…
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No skis, no problem: 10 ideas for winter fun across the Front Range
Just because you don’t ski doesn’t mean you can’t have fun come winter. If you’re living on the Front Range, the possibilities are endless. Here are 10 must-dos: 1. Enjoy a beer run in Fort Collins: It’s more than New Belgium Brewing Co. and Odell Brewing Co. This town is saturated with some of the…
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Garden of the Gods sees an estimated 4.5M visitors a year. Is it time for crowd control measures?
Hank Scarangella recently dug up a Gazette article from 1994 that detailed the Colorado Springs City Council reviewing a master plan for Garden of the Gods Park. Councilmembers rejected the proposal at the time. Among other requests, they wanted planners to look into “a permit system to limit summertime traffic,” the newspaper reported. “I don’t…
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Garden of the Gods can still be great in the busy summer. Here are some tips
Bret Tennis started working around Garden of the Gods 17 years ago. “We used to say 1.2 million visitors a year when I started here,” said the park operations administrator. “Now we say over 4.5 million.” The annual numbers are reportedly similar at Rocky Mountain National Park, where people can spread out across 265,807 acres.…
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Colorado’s greatest rock wonderlands
It’s true what they say about a rock: Just because it’s one of a kind doesn’t mean it’s valuable. Not true for some formations in Colorado. Here’s a look at some of the state’s finest: Black Canyon of the Gunnison The national park brochure details the Song of the Gunnison: the water and wind rushing…