Tag: Outdoors
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‘Once-in-a-generation celebration’ of Colorado’s 14ers planned for state’s 150th birthday
Preparations are underway for an ultimate celebration of Colorado’s biggest mountains on the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1. Summit 2026 was recently announced as “a once-in-a-generation celebration of the mountains, landscapes and outdoor experiences that shape our state.” The mission: to have assigned teams on all 54 fourteeners. The announcement from the state commission promoting…
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This red rock wonderland hides behind a hogback near Denver
Around Denver, people know Red Rocks Amphitheatre. They know the red rocks of Roxborough State Park. They know the related, similarly aged Flatirons in Boulder and Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. But do they know South Valley Park? Tanner Marshall, a natural resources specialist with Jefferson County Parks and Open Space, offers yet…
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Happy Trails: Touring South Valley Park’s surprise beauty near Denver
South Valley Park doesn’t get the attention that North and South Table Mountains and Matthews/Winters Park get — top destinations in Jefferson County Parks and Open Space’s portfolio. A natural resources specialist with the department, Tanner Marshall, thinks that’s because South Valley’s trails aren’t as varied. “Pretty flat, tame trails, nice for strolling around,” he…
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Snowboarding pioneers fill Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame’s 2026 class
With its recently announced class of 2026, Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame is celebrating the history and evolution of snowboarding. Most of the six inductees helped shape the sport along with the very boards that remain industry standards. An example: Never Summer Snowboards, which manufactures in Denver more than 40 years after brothers Tim and…
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Once feared lost to fire and flood, a new trail to Hanging Lake awaits
That summer evening in 2020, I was following the news like so many Coloradans. Unlike so many of them, I had not hiked Hanging Lake. And I feared I would never get the chance. The Grizzly Creek fire was ravaging Glenwood Canyon, where the turquoise, waterfall-fed pool hung high up from the valley. The fire…
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Concerns over Telluride Ski Resort plans underscore lingering tensions
Proposed upgrades at Telluride Ski Resort have garnered concerns, underscoring tensions in one of Colorado’s most iconic ski towns. The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing letters sent in response to a draft environmental assessment that comes on the heels of a tumultuous winter in town. The resort was late to open amid a ski patrol…
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6 reasons why we love this Colorado fourteener road that reopens this summer
After a nearly 21-month closure for construction, one of Colorado’s most acclaimed roads is reopening this summer. Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway is the highest paved road in North America, climbing to a pinnacle of 14,130 feet. But as the saying goes: It’s not the destination, it’s the journey. Here are six reasons why we…
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Troubled waters: An uncertain rafting season gets underway in Colorado
On the last day of May, along the Arkansas River that he has been paddling for 30-plus years, Mike Harvey found himself in a kayak he would not typically use this time of year: his racing boat, which is longer, narrower and lighter. It was better suited for this very atypical start to summer. The…
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Northern Colorado trail celebrated as ‘final link in a 50-year vision’
A trail dream has come true in northern Colorado. A celebration is set for 9 a.m. June 13 at Timnath Community Park, close to a new stretch of concrete being called “the final link in a 50-year vision.” Indeed, the Poudre River Trail dates back to the 1970s, when Fort Collins officials broke ground on…
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Outside Days: Where the weather is warm and the music is chill
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Flaming Lips, Goth Babe, Death Cab and more spread sermon of groovy at burgeoning three-day festival These are the days of Wayne and roses. When the world outside seems driven by madness, along comes the Outside Days festival to again remind us that, at least for this brief little mylar bubble of time … everything’s…