Tag: Outthere Colorado
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Colorado zoo nominated for ‘best zoo in the US’ award
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has been nominated for ‘Best Zoo in the U.S.’ in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for the tenth consecutive year. Readers can vote daily through Monday, March 9. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is also nominated for best zoo membership. Located on a mountainside above Colorado Springs, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is celebrating…
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Whiteout: Powder up down south, an urban skiing tale and the 10th Mountain Division
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My 6-year-old son and I are going to Loveland Valley Friday — the same place my dad took me back in 1985 when I was six — with intentions of passing the enjoyment of skiing on to him. He’s debated between skiing and snowboarding, but has landed on the two plank motif, claiming it is looks…
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Whiteout: The heart of ski season, Marry Me & Ski, plus more sun on the slopes
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SNOW REPORT: What is it with Steamboat in winter 2022-23? Monday’s storm totals ranged from three to six inches at most northern and central Colorado resorts, but Steamboat received a touch more for first chair with eight inches reported at the summit. And then the resort received another seven inches up top during the day…
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Whiteout: Sun and fun at Colorado resorts this weekend, plus cat-skiing on the Continental Divide
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SNOW REPORT: The never-ending cycle of storminess in January Colorado’s mountains experienced is taking a break from the action going into the first weekend of February. A skier jumps in fresh snow Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 at Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort in Summit County, Colorado. Arapahoe Basin reported seven new inches of snow over a…
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Whiteout: New weekend-powder for northern resorts, plus ski FREE Sunday at Howelsen Hill
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SNOW REPORT: Friday and Saturday are storm days in Colorado. Northern resorts like Howelsen Hill, Bluebird Backcountry and Steamboat look to reap the benefits with snow accumulation totals between 8 to 22 inches, Park Range peaks could see 36 inches, by Sunday first chair. Saturday has a high likelihood of being a powder day up…
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Whiteout: You get powder, you get powder, everybody gets powder
Sunday’s snowstorm was a prelude, an apéritif, of the storm that entered Colorado Tuesday night and Wednesday. Monday riders in western and southern Colorado resorts celebrated with between 4 to 10 inches of fresh powder to surf through — Wolf Creek tallied 24″ between Sunday and Monday, and another 12″ for Tuesday morning. More was…
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Name of Colorado mountain range could soon change
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One mountain range that spans Eagle, Summit, Grand, and Routt counties has been a point of controversy for years. It’s called the Gore Range and it’s named after man that led a notorious hunting expedition across the country that left 1,000s of rotting animals in…
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Elk gores man at Colorado golf course
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man was seriously injured during a wild animal attack in Colorado over the weekend. According to a report from Fox31 Denver, a man was attacked and almost killed by an elk at a golf course in Evergreen, Colorado. Golfer Zak Bornhoft’s group was on…
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This massive Colorado mountain lives up to its name
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second highest peak is an intermediate-level fourteener that lives up to its tremendous name. Mount Massive rises to 14,421 feet in elevation, offering some of the better views in the country. While the standard route is a 14-mile, Class 2 climb up the eastern…