Tag: Moab
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Scenic train between Denver and Moab growing in first full season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A scenic, luxury train in Colorado is gaining popularity in its first full season. For last year’s “preview season” from August to November, more than 7,000 passengers boarded the locomotive running between Denver and Moab,…
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Douglas County authorities searching for man accused of sexually assaulting girl
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help to locate a Boulder man who allegedly sexually assaulted a teenager. The suspect has been identified as Andrew Rosa, 34. He met the victim, a 16-year-old girl online, after he contacted her. They then met in person, when Rosa allegedly sexually assaulted the girl, according…
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Happy Trails: In western Colorado, marvelous tour through 50 million years of geology
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Monument Canyon Trail By the lack of people we saw at last visit to Colorado National Monument, we developed a theory. We got to thinking people from the Front Range driving west all too often…
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Sheriff issues warning after dozens of weapons found at illegal camp near Telluride hiking trail
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The San Miguel Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to be cautious after dozens of weapons were found at the illegal campsite of a repeated offender in Telluride. More than 36 weapons were found Monday at the camp in the Mill Creek area, yards from a popular hiking trail, the sheriff’s office said. The weapons included…
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Long-sought mountain biking trail opens in Colorado
Colorado mountain bikers are getting a taste of the state’s most anticipated trail in years. The first section of Palisade Plunge has opened — a 17-mile stretch of singletrack traversing the wooded flanks of the Grand Mesa to the town of Palisade. Final work continues on the upper portion of the trail; a Bureau of…
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Exploring the tough past and troubled present of Moab’s timeless beauty
MOAB, Utah • The traffic starts about 2 miles out. A 15-minute crawl into town. Construction. Eyes should be on the red rock monoliths all around, the stunning creation of millennia — “a weathered testament to the union of the elemental and the divine,” a writer once described this landscape. Inevitably, eyes linger on the…
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Ancient petroglyphs permanently damaged by Colorado Springs man
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last Friday evening, Darrin Reay left his home in southwest Colorado to meet friends at a remote camping spot he loved surrounded by sandstone cliffs in the desert beyond Moab, Utah. When he arrived, he was alarmed to hear the suggestion of climbing a bolted…
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New mountain biking destination to debut in western Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A debut is on the horizon for some highly-anticipated trails in western Colorado. The Grand Hogback network’s first 6.3 miles could be unveiled to mountain bikers as early as April 15, when closure for wintering…