Tag: San Juan Mountains
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These campgrounds are worth a reservation around Colorado
The old saying “know before you go” is taking on a new, heightened meaning in Colorado’s outdoors. Before we go camping, we need to know about fire restrictions, for one. Those are becoming more widespread amid this megadrought and amid waves of newcomers. The pandemic marked a period of bigger crowds across the mountains —…
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Winter-like conditions experienced across Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Parts of Colorado turned into a winter wonderland on Tuesday as the state’s first winter-like storm system dropped varying amounts of snow across the higher elevations. The San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of the state was the hardest hit, as areas like Telluride…
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8 of Colorado’s crazy tests on foot and bike: Jagged alpine to rowdy singletrack at night
After cancellations during the 2020 pandemic, this summer saw the return of Colorado’s greatest, terrible races. For the fittest and bravest on foot and bike, it was a return to that inexplicable sensation born by shared suffering in the vast beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Here’s a nod to some of the state’s most infamous…
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A visit to ‘Colorado’s answer to Lake Powell’: Ode to Navajo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Scenes from Navajo Reservoir, ‘Colorado’s answer to Lake Powell’. (Video by Seth Boster) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “SCENES FROM | Navajo Reservoir”, “description”: “Scenes from Navajo Reservoir, ‘Colorado’s answer to Lake Powell’. (Video…
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Meet the woman behind Colorado’s new 100-mountain record
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On her drive home after another ascent of 14,005-foot Mount of the Holy Cross, Andrea Sansone got a call from her boyfriend, Andrew Hamilton, who said a reporter was looking to interview her. “I was like, Why?” Sansone recalls. “Like, no one ever wants to…
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Can the dream of Silverton prevail into the future?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SILVERTON • Patrick Clute is an outsider here. He knows his place. But he couldn’t help but disagree with a lady he came by on his walk this morning, a longtime resident. She complained about the issue that was once again front-page news this morning:…
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Can the dream of Silverton prevail into the future? | Colorful Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SILVERTON • Patrick Clute is an outsider here. He knows his place. But he couldn’t help but disagree with a lady he came by on his walk this morning, a longtime resident. She complained about…
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Your 2021 Colorado bucket list for outdoor adventure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For better or for worse, the pandemic gave many of us more opportunities to achieve our outdoor goals. We crossed off much from our bucket lists in 2020. Yet still, Colorado never ceases to beckon. For your consideration this year: Pay respects to the ancestors…
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Avalanche danger in Colorado considerable over winter holidays
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As adventurers head into the backcountry during the Christmas holiday, they will face the same dangerous avalanche conditions that killed three experienced skiers last weekend. The risk of avalanches is the worst Colorado has seen since the 2011 and 2012 winter and it has Ethan…
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Colorado has a new extreme challenge in the San Juan Mountains: 13 fourteeners in 100 hours
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado has no shortage of high country challenges established by and for the state’s fittest of the fit. Now it has another. Durango’s Scott Simmons is believed to be the first to tag 13 summits above 14,000 feet in the San Juan Mountains in one…