Tag: Local News
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Mark your calendar for free days at Colorado’s national parks
It’s the busy season for Colorado’s national parks and monuments — summer, when more than ever drivers pay entrance fees up to $35. That won’t be required on select dates in the weeks and months ahead. June 19 is the National Park Service’s next “fee-free day.” That will be in honor of Juneteenth, the federal holiday…
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Soul of Sopris: Remembering a Colorado town now under water
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One day in 1970, Giuseppe Incitti took a pencil to paper and grieved the loss of his southern Colorado home. “Consider the town of Sopris finished,” he wrote, translated from his native Italian. “It will…
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Colorado state park gains ‘Gold Standard’ status
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A southern Colorado state park has gained exclusive recognition by a leader in outdoor education. The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics recently named Cheyenne Mountain State Park a Gold Standard Site, what the Boulder-based nonprofit calls its “highest form of recognition.” The Gold…
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Colorado’s long-dreamed Peaks to Plains Trail extending in complex canyon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Officials working to fill the gap of a long-dreamed trail in Colorado have marked “a colossal construction milestone.” So read a recent social media post by Jefferson County Open Space, showing photos of an underpass, a 70-foot-long box culvert and two bridges beside U.S. 6…
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‘Vision plan’ recommends outdoor projects, management ideas for Pikes Peak
A sweeping document offers bold ideas for outdoor recreation, conservation and collaborative management across the Pikes Peak region. It’s titled the Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative Vision Plan, a collection of data, summaries and proposals spanning 600-plus pages. The document is more than three years in the making, following several surveys and meetings hosted by nonprofit…
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New tour introduces wonder, thrill of Colorado caving
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Before the entrance to a cave amid the canyons west of Colorado Springs, small groups have gathered around a burly, bearded man. “I tell them the goal is simple,” Dusten St. Germaine says. “’I’m here to help you push some boundaries.’” He’s here at Cave…
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‘It’s just astounding:’ 4,200-plus acres conserved in Colorado’s mountains
Land managers in Colorado’s central mountains are celebrating what they’re calling an unprecedented open space acquisition. Eagle and Pitkin counties recently finalized their acquisition of Three Meadows Ranch — 4,251 acres sprawling to the west of Cottonwood Pass over the Roaring Fork Valley. It’s Eagle County’s largest such open space purchase: $12.5 million toward the total…
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New to ice fishing? See a ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park
The thought of fishing atop a frozen lake can be intimidating. Allow a ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park to help. One will be on hand from 10 a.m. to noon Fridays and Sundays at Sprague Lake through March 21. No fee is required beyond the park entrance ($30 per vehicle). Fishing equipment is provided,…
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Reservations opening for popular summer destinations in Colorado
Some of Colorado’s most beloved nature escapes require advanced reservations for a summer visit. Now is the time to plan — no matter the winter-looking scene currently across White River National Forest. Reservations open this month for some of the most popular areas in that national forest, considered America’s busiest. Areas include the Maroon Bells Scenic…
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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…