Tag: North Cheyenne Canon
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A checklist of 20 great (non-14er) summits on Colorado’s Front Range
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just because you set your sights lower than 14,000 feet doesn’t mean you’re setting a low bar. No, these aren’t the highest mountains on Colorado’s Front Range. But they could be called just as quintessential — much closer to home and providing a scenic, rewarding…
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are we most thankful for across this state’s great outdoors? It’s…
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Classic Happy Trails: The cool, wild escape of Seven Bridges in Colorado Springs
In Colorado Springs, one of the most popular trails around showcases perhaps the city’s finest attribute: its wildness. Between the rocky, forested walls of North Cheyenne Canon, it’s a wonder to think downtown shops, bars and eateries are only a 10-minute drive away. It’s a wonder that might occur to the masses on Seven Bridges…
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Opponents appeal master plan for Colorado Springs’ Blodgett Open Space
Following approvals from Colorado Springs’ parks board and the committee overseeing trails and open space spending, the fight continues against a master plan more than a year in the making. Regarding the 108-page document outlining future development and management of an expanded Blodgett Open Space on the city’s northwest side, only one “no” vote came…