Tag: Great Sand Dunes
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Popular creek might not appear in heart of Great Sand Dunes this year amid low snowpack
By now it’s no secret that it’s been an extremely dry winter in Colorado this year – and the impacts of that dryness have stretched far and wide. One of those impacts will likely be that a ‘bucket list-worthy’ sight in Colorado fails to come to fruition this spring. While March and April tend to…
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Investigation into illegal elk killing underway at Great Sand Dunes National Park
Authorities at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve have requested assistance from the public in solving a case of poaching that recently took place at the San Luis Valley destination. According to a report on the matter, suspected poaching took place around September 9 to 10 in the Hudson drainage area of the National…
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Mark your calendar for free days at Colorado’s national parks
It’s the busy season for Colorado’s national parks and monuments — summer, when more than ever drivers pay entrance fees up to $35. That won’t be required on select dates in the weeks and months ahead. June 19 is the National Park Service’s next “fee-free day.” That will be in honor of Juneteenth, the federal holiday…
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Curious waterway returning soon to Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes
It’s never too early to start planning for one of Colorado’s seasonal, most anticipated natural phenomena. It is indeed early to start planning for Medano Creek — the waterway that only appears for a brief period every year, curiously “surging” and sending small waves to the base of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.…
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Muffin the Moose: Meet the moose who loves doughnuts, traveling and Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Muffin the Moose has been sighted all across Colorado. Mount Evans. Sapphire Point. Red Rocks Park. Garden of the Gods. The Great Sand Dunes. Denver Botanic Gardens. But he’s not your ordinary moose — he’s several feet shorter and at least 1,000 pounds lighter. He…
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Free day coming up at national parks in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A visit to one of America’s highest-regarded natural treasures is one way to celebrate Earth Day. Even better: You can do it while saving money. Earth Day is April 22, which happens to coincide with the start of National Park Week. It’s one of the…
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Free day at national parks coming up
A rare opportunity will grant you the benefits of national parks without having to pay. Saturday is National Public Lands Day, and the National Park Service is celebrating by waiving entrance fees to the country’s natural gems. That includes four national parks in Colorado: Rocky Mountain National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve,…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
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By Linda Navarro The Denver Gazette THURSDAY-JUNE 12 Banksy — not his real name — is a mystery. No one knows just exactly who he is, but his satirical and bitingly pointed, anti-establishment street art appears as if by magic as murals, on walls, on streets, in alleys, on bridges in major cities. And here’s…
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‘Average’ but ‘always extraordinary’ creek flows expected at Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A seasonal phenomenon like no other across Colorado’s natural sanctuaries is starting to show. But it might be a few more weeks before the ultimate “surge flow” at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, rangers say. That’s the term for Medano Creek’s rhythmic waves,…
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Colorado Springs woman overdue from hike in Alamosa found dead
A missing Colorado Springs woman was found dead Thursday in Alamosa County after being reported overdue from her hike on Saturday, according to the county’s Sheriff’s Office. Joy Cipoletti, 60, was last heard from at 3 p.m. Saturday when she reached the summit of Ellingwood Point near South Zapata Lake Trail. Search and rescue teams…