Tag: Hiking
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Where bison roam and human history was rewritten: Colorado’s Soapstone Prairie
The people overseeing a sprawling place of intrigue near Colorado’s northern border have a saying about it. “We like to say Soapstone will blow you away,” Zoë Shark says. “That has a couple different meanings to it.” The views are one thing at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area: The Mummy Range looms in one direction, rolling…
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‘A great place for hiking’: Plan shaping for Lost Canyon between Colorado Springs, Denver
A plan is coming together for one of the newest, largest open spaces between Denver and Colorado Springs. Lost Canyon Ranch is the largest open space ever acquired by the town of Castle Rock — 681 acres on the southeast edge of town bordering a similar, rocky mosaic: Castlewood Canyon State Park. Privately held for generations,…
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Outdoor accessibility programs starting soon in Colorado Springs
An effort to make Colorado Springs’ outdoors more accessible continues, with city and county programs returning and expanding for the season ahead. Reservations for El Paso County’s Trailability Program open April 1 — a program taking people with disabilities through the wetlands and woods around Bear Creek and Fountain Creek nature centers. For a fourth summer,…
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Hanging Lake Trail set to reopen after restoration work
One of Colorado’s most iconic trails is set to reopen this summer — and it will look a little different. The hike-by-reservation Hanging Lake Trail was closed last year for construction aimed at fortifying the path damaged by water and debris in the wake of the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire. While construction continues, keeping the trail…
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Colorado 14er reopens through waiver requirement
Legal access is returning to a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado. Mount Lindsey is reopening to individuals through an online waiver, which Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) announced in a Facebook post Tuesday. The post included a link to the website, mountlindseywaiver.com, where the waiver can be electronically signed and kept before one embarks to the privately…
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Colorado Springs woman to become first double amputee on ‘Naked and Afraid’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs’ Mandy Horvath will make history on season 18 of “Naked and Afraid” as the show’s first double amputee. Horvath, who lost her legs about a decade ago in an accident, will try to…
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More trails coming to Fishers Peak in southern Colorado
Trails are set to expand around an iconic mountain in southern Colorado. Fishers Peak State Park Manager Crystal Dreiling said the park’s next “trail package” would soon go out to bid — a project adding about 10 miles to the network that has steadily grown around the flat-top mountain overlooking Trinidad. The aim is to…
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New addition coming to long-dreamed trail west of Colorado Springs
El Paso County is moving ahead on a long-dreamed trail touring the hills west of Colorado Springs. Ute Pass Regional Trail has been more than a decade in the making, predating a master plan published in 2015. The plan maps the 11-mile trail running from Manitou Springs up through Cascade and Green Mountain Falls, ending…
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2025 bucket list for Colorado adventure: 10 things to see and do
Hopefully for you, it’s the end of an adventurous year. And hopefully, it’s the start of another. It’s about time for a 2025 bucket list. Here’s what we’ve got in mind: Delight in Rocky Mountain winter rocky mountain national park Lucas Oubre, 5, left, and Logan Oubre, 10, pull their sleds to the top of…
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Happy Trails: Going for gold at Castle Rock’s Philip S. Miller Park
In 2014, Castle Rock opened an outdoor destination to meet the growing population between Colorado’s biggest cities. Philip S. Miller Park would have something for everyone. There would be Challenge Hill — the vertical 200 steps resembling a much smaller Manitou Incline. There would be a turf field for sports and a state-of-the-art playground. There would…