Tag: Rifle Mountain Park
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Ouray faces economic hit thanks to Mother Nature
Peter O’Neil knew that the Ouray Ice Park would have a rough year after the first week of December. Following Thanksgiving weekend, a solid layer of farmed ice sheets formed along the sides of Uncompahgre Gorge. Days later, the southwest Colorado town hit 50 degrees — an uncommonly warm temperature for December. O’Neil, executive director…
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Rifle Mountain Park is a climber’s challenging paradise
Rifle Mountain Park is recognized for offering some of the best limestone sport climbing in North America. The canyon is home to around 500 climbing routes.
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Rock climbing in Colorado: 6 famed areas
Rock climbing has become a talent honed inside a gym. But it’s the outdoor walls for which Colorado is known. Near Cañon City, Shelf Road is but one of the state’s premier areas. Here’s a look at others: Black Canyon of the Gunnison “The Black” is an ominous, fitting title for a guidebook to this…
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Frozen phenoms: The marvelous ice caves of western Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s not a drive that people soon forget, that drive from the little western Colorado town of Rifle to the place where the landscape suddenly, drastically alters. From the turn at the bowling alley to the place where the road turns to dirt, it’s only…