Tag: North Slope Recreation Area
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Pikes Peak recreation area could see changes under ongoing review
Trails, commercial permitting and recreation management around popular reservoirs on Pikes Peak are under a review recently launched by Colorado Springs Utilities. The agency has posted an online survey, gauging enthusiast’s interests and ideas for the future of North Slope Recreation Area. That’s the area of three reservoirs off the Pikes Peak Highway: Crystal Creek…
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Why access remains restricted at this ‘amazing gem’ in Colorado — despite it opening to the public 10 years ago
The scene comes back to Mary Burger like a dream: crystal-clear waters tucked between stream-lined meadows and forests and Pikes Peak’s granite shoulders, rising and falling around this glacier-carved basin above 10,000 feet. This is Pikes Peak’s south slope, where Burger led volunteers a lifetime ago as a founder of nonprofit Friends of the Peak.…
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Pikes Peak Highway changes underscore tensions in managing for tourists, locals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Heading into the summer, Colorado Springs locals are bracing for changes to the way they access adventure off the Pikes Peak Highway. They were alarmed by an initial announcement laying out new day-to-day operations starting in May through September: Those wishing to drive themselves past…
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‘Emergency fish salvage’ called for reservoir along Pikes Peak
For as long as the order lasts from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, anglers can catch and keep all the fish they want from a popular lake along Pikes Peak. CPW announced the “emergency salvage” earlier this month at South Catamount Reservoir as Colorado Springs Utilities dropped water levels ahead of what the company calls “a…
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Heading to Pikes Peak this summer? Here are a few things to know
As Pikes Peak Highway opens reservations for driving up the 14,115-foot mountain, officials are reminding visitors of destinations that will be closed along the way. ‘New phase’ of reclamation celebrated at Colorado Springs’ Pikeview Quarry — but challenges remain ‘Significant’ construction will limit access to Colorado’s popular Hanging Lake Trail this summer Of the three…