Tag: Lifestyle
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Rocky Mountain falls out of top 5 list while visitation drops at Colorado’s other national parks
Colorado has long been home to one of America’s top five most-visited national parks ー but not in 2025. According to National Park Service data for the year recently released, Rocky Mountain National Park fell to the sixth spot behind Great Smoky Mountains, Zion, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Yosemite national parks. Rocky Mountain National Park…
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Cheyenne Mountain’s Dixon Trail: Not to be overlooked, nor underestimated
The sun rose and cast the hulking, granite face of Cheyenne Mountain in a golden light ー golden, like a prize to be earned. Here at the trailhead, I was familiar with the task at hand. I was familiar with Dixon Trail’s demands. This is the trail climbing up Colorado Springs’ second-most storied mountain, the…
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No reservations needed yet at scenic lakes in Colorado, permits coming soon
While reservations are still anticipated at one of Colorado’s most scenic destinations, they won’t be instituted this summer. In a recent update, the U.S. Forest Service listed “advancing development of a limited-entry permit system” among this year’s priorities regarding the Blue Lakes Visitor Use Management Plan. The update targeted next year for rolling out permits,…
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Therapy dog task force grows to meet hardship and disaster in Colorado and beyond
On an upper level of the Colorado Springs Police Department, the calls never stop. The people here stand before screens displaying maps of the city and other urgent information, and they respond through headsets. “Are you safe? Are you out of danger?” “Do you see flames or smoke?” It’s another day in the communications center,…
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The ancient, amazing lives of sandhill cranes, Colorado’s beloved visitors back for seasonal stop
In Colorado’s San Luis Valley, Jenny Nehring longs for this time of year, when her eyes look to the big sky and the big birds flying en masse against the Sangre de Cristo peaks, snow-capped and glowing from the rising and setting sun. “That never gets old,” Nehring says. Around her home in Monte Vista,…
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It’s time to apply for big game hunting licenses in Colorado
Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s new big game brochure has been hitting hunters’ mailboxes ー the annual reminder to start planning for the seasons ahead. CPW also reminded in a recent social media post: “Whether you’re after a long-awaited lifetime tag or just getting started with big game hunting, the primary draw is the first stop…
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New Dark Sky Community designated in Colorado, joining short list
Another part of Colorado has been recognized for its rare celestial view. In announcing the state’s next Dark Sky Community, DarkSky International described Old Snowmass as a “spectacular corner of the Roaring Fork Valley” ー an unincorporated corner between Aspen and Basalt that has been the center of a grassroots effort to fight light pollution…
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Colorado hot springs celebrates ‘first-of-its-kind’ expansion
A hot springs destination in Colorado has marked a “major” expansion. And it’s not exactly the expansion you’d expect at a soaking retreat. In Glenwood Springs, Iron Mountain Hot Springs is calling its newly opened Sauna Summit “the country’s most diverse sauna collection” that achieves “a first-of-its-kind contrast therapy destination.” The contrast is felt between…
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Little-known legend of Colorado Nick to be celebrated at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
For years in Colorado Springs, Scott Boyer had been learning little by little about a tattoo artist in local lore who went by Colorado Nick. His real name was Leonard Newell Wisner, Boyer learned. And in learning this he learned the man was buried at Evergreen Cemetery. Boyer came to an unmarked grave. “Here was…
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Ancient biblical coins talk; here’s what they’re saying
With the penny being ushered out of circulation early in the 21st century, theologians, historians, archaeologists and numismatists continue to glean insights from coins of the first century, when Jesus Christ walked the Earth and his followers promulgated the new religion after his crucifixion between 30 and 33 A.D. Though pieces such as archaic Greek…