Tag: Lifestyle
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Long-dreamed Ute Pass Trail to expand in hills west of Colorado Springs
For more than 20 years, El Paso County has worked to build a trail roughly following a historic route of tribal people ー a seasonal hunting route now defined by U.S. 24 through the foothills between Manitou Springs and Teller County. Now that trail is about to see major progress. El Paso County expects construction…
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Lower bird count, growing noxious weeds, new species reported in Colorado Springs open spaces
How are the plants and animals that call Colorado Springs home doing? The city’s Parks Board recently gained insights during an annual report from Cody Bear Sutton, the Parks Department’s natural resources specialist. Sutton presented a brief summary of findings from 2025 regarding some wildlife and noxious weeds across parks, open spaces and greenways. Monitoring…
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Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner has stood the test of time in Lakewood | Craving Colorado
LAKEWOOD • The woman sits at the barstool and takes it all in: the jukebox and old-time tunes; the tile floors and stainless steel walls commemorating Elvis and Betty Boop; the glass case of pies; the regulars down the counter, sipping coffee in the place they’ve known for decades. As for the unfamiliar face this…
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For Valentine’s Day, a love letter to Colorado’s great outdoors
Dearest Colorado, It is Valentine’s Day, a day to profess my love for thee. But where to begin? Where our love story begins, of course, almost 10 years ago. I was wandering in a way that some of your earliest settlers had wandered across the country. Except they came by wagon, and I in an…
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Free day coming up at national parks, first of many scheduled for 2026
Trying to save money on your next visit to one of Colorado’s greatest natural treasures? Some dates on the 2026 calendar will help you do just that, starting Monday. Presidents Day is the first of the National Park Service’s free entrance days scheduled for the year. That means saving $25-$30 on passes at places like…
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Ski trail returns to rim of famed canyon in western Colorado
The chance to ski atop one of Colorado’s most picturesque canyons only comes around every so often. Now might be the time. Finally, amid a record dry spell, grooming has started along South Rim Road at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. The park’s website indicates tracks were laid around the turn of this…
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Taco night? These are the best in Colorado Springs, according to Best of the Springs voters
In this weekly feature, we’re celebrating the best of Colorado Springs’ food and drink scene ー as determined by voters in The Gazette’s annual Best of the Springs (thebestofthesprings.com). We’ll throw in our own recommendation, too. Up this week: tacos. Gold: Torchy’s Tacos The motto of the Texas-born chain: “Damn good.” It’s clear Best of…
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$10,000 in rewards for catching lake trout at Colorado’s biggest reservoir
Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants some predators out of the state’s biggest body of water. And for ice fishing enthusiasts who want to help, the agency is offering $10,000 in rewards. That’s the prize purse of the Blue Mesa Lake Trout Tournament, happening now through April 30 at the Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison. The…
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Monarch Mountain’s long-dreamed No Name Basin set to debut
The trails have been cut. The chairlift is ready. And finally, the snow came. It’s time for perhaps the most anticipated terrain expansion in Monarch Mountain’s 87 years. An opening celebration is set for No Name Basin on Thursday — what the ski area described as “a historic milestone” in its announcement. That morning, the…
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A stitch in time: Colorado museum honors history, art of quilting
GOLDEN • Scotti McCarthy encourages you to take a closer look. Look at this quilt, among the dozens on display here at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Look at the shapes and colors. Look at the shapes and colors within shapes and colors ー blues and greens, reds and pinks, octagons and hexagons, flowers and…