Tag: Golden Gate Canyon State Park
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3 Colorado state parks fit for fall
Coloradans have their favorite pilgrimages when fall colors pop. Those golden aspens are special members of the landscape — something conservationists indeed considered in setting aside some of the 42 state parks. It’s as good a season as any to appreciate the preserves. Here are three for your consideration: Golden Gate Canyon Golden Gate Canyon…
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9 spots for fall color within hour’s drive of Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save From glistening skyscrapers to glistening leaves. The drastic change is most welcome come fall in Denver. If your travels take you to the Mile High City, one need not go far from the metro to be immersed in the color that comes just once a…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
FRANKTOWN — Inside Castlewood Canyon State Park, where worldly troubles seem to float away with the creek and with the clouds out to snowcapped peaks beyond, a certain reality occurred to Trevor Girten. “Prices are only going up it seems,” he said Friday on his first hike of the new year. That was the case…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
Data confirms what the eye suggested at Colorado’s state parks in 2020: unprecedented visitation. Numbers were not yet final by the end of December, with counts still being logged from that month and some of November. But the 18.3 million visitors reported so far were up from the 14.8 million total in 2019 — a…
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Applications to open for Golden Gate Canyon’s Christmas tree-cutting lottery
In true Christmas spirit, Golden Gate Canyon State Park is offering tree-cutting permits for hundreds through its annual lottery drawing. Applications open next weekend. The park will randomly select 250 applicants from the lottery. Those selected will be allowed to cut down and take home any tree from the state park, located 30 minutes outside…