Tag: Happy Trails
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HAPPY TRAILS | Colorado National Monument
Colorado National Monument occupies the same plateau as Arches and Canyonlands national park — but here, the people are much fewer. And while the 23-mile point-to-point cruise on Rim Rock Drive is the most common way to experience the preserve from above, not to be missed is the spectacular venture below. (Video: Seth Boster/The Gazette)
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Happy Trails: In western Colorado, marvelous tour through 50 million years of geology
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Monument Canyon Trail By the lack of people we saw at last visit to Colorado National Monument, we developed a theory. We got to thinking people from the Front Range driving west all too often…
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Happy Trails: Zapata Falls a cool escape in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
Southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley is known for a wide range of surprises, from sand dunes, to geothermal springs, to a campground dedicated to aliens, to a park dedicated to alligators. The valley is also known for heat. On those days, another surprise comes in handy. That’s Zapata Falls, in easy reach of one of…
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Happy Trails | Zapata Falls
Sights and sounds from Zapata Falls, a cool escape in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. (Video by Seth Boster)
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Happy Trails: Double the loop, double the fun at Garden of the Gods
Near a bend of the road through Garden of the Gods’ far west side, a small parking lot serves as base for ideal sight-seeing in this treasured park. Try as it may between the trees, this trailhead can’t hide. It’s one entry to Siamese Twins, those spires that make for a postcard destination. This parking…
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Happy Trails: In northern Colorado, ‘a wild oasis’ amid a growing city
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In Fort Collins, houses stop marching at a 200-plus preserve of wetlands. A busy road runs by, but the sound of traffic is overtaken by birdsong and the melody of the Cache la Poudre River. This is Riverbend Ponds Natural Area — “a wild oasis…
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Classic Happy Trails: Spruce Mountain not to be missed between Colorado Springs and Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Spruce Mountain Trail Between Colorado Springs and Denver, it’s all too easy to overlook the countryside spanning either side of Interstate 25. That is for the inevitable rush heading to and from the metros. Keeping your eyes on the road is good. But you might…
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Happy Trails: This hiking trail is a showstopper at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Trading Post Trail In summer and fall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre is rollicking. Then the concert season ends, the audiences vanish, and winter has a way of transforming the park of ancient formations. We stopped by recently to find the soaring, slanting rocks draped with snow…
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HAPPY TRAILS | Trading Post Trail at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre
Sights and sounds from Trading Post Trail at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. (Video by Seth Boster)
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Happy Trails: In mountains west of Denver, lake worthy of stroll
Evergreen Lake Trail Locals in Evergreen, a little town in Colorado’s central mountains, will tell you a lake is their heart and soul. They’ll also tell you Evergreen Lake is not theirs. They must share with the masses who flock from Denver, less than an hour’s drive away. The 55-acre lake bustles year-round. In summer,…