Tag: Leadville
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Colorado Springs ER doctor keeps 100-mile record in perspective
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One Monday last month, hardly recovered from running 100 miles in the mountains around Leadville, Anne Flower was back to work as an emergency room doctor at Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs. “I was…
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Two teens arrested following Leadville shooting
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two teenage suspects were arrested in connection with a Leadville shooting that injured one. On Monday, at approximately noon, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting near 19773 Highway 24 in Leadville. The call came from a teenage boy who…
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4th of July in Colorado: From Arvada to Grand Lake, a look at celebrations across the state
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nothing says summer like oohing and aahing as sparkling, human-made constellations explode in the night skies to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Here’s a roundup of Fourth of July fireworks and celebrations across the state. • Arvada: 5:30…
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Denver’s Molly Brown House Museum to hold new Titanic exhibit
The exhibit will run at the same time as a huge, commercial immersive experience in the city
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Skijoring in Leadville, ‘the purest form of adrenaline’
How does someone train to become a skijoring competitor in Leadville’s annual event dating back to 1949? “You don’t, you just do it,” said Greg Zevick, a racer from Durango. Thousands lined the streets Saturday and Sunday of one of the highest incorporated towns in North America, with Leadville sitting 10,152 feet above sea level,…
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A frozen palace rose in Colorado’s mountains nearly 130 years ago
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By now in Colorado, we know of the Ice Castles. The frozen attraction has once again opened to great fanfare in Cripple Creek, just as the Utah-based company has debuted another colorful complex of towers, arches and tunnels in Eagle. Lest we forget, a more…
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Historic ski area in Colorado about to open with $45 lift tickets
A humble, historic ski area is about to open in Colorado — and it’s debuting a price rare to the industry. Near Leadville, Ski Cooper is scheduled to kick off its season Dec. 11 in what will be the first day of a new deal: $45 lift tickets Mondays-Thursdays, regardless if one buys online in advance…
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Lifts, price drops, hang-outs and more new to Colorado ski country
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Last year around this time, we were talking about terrain debuting at Aspen Mountain and Steamboat; about a chairlift reaching Keystone’s Bergman Bowl; about the latest in an ongoing series of lift and base upgrades at Breckenridge. There’s always something to talk about at the start of ski season. As more resorts open this month,…
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Historic trains and fall colors: A match made in Colorado heaven
Come fall in Colorado, many of us drive among the golden aspen trees. Others get out to hike. And others heed a certain, loud whistle that echoes through the forests, through time, along with a certain call: “All aboard!” For their annual showcase of the season, Gazette photographers took to Colorado’s historic train tracks —…