Tag: Southern Colorado
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As a southern Colorado town evolves, a historic hotel is reborn
CAÑON CITY • Eight years ago, Stan Bullis stood here looking at the natural beauty: the mountains sought by hikers and bikers and rock climbers, the Royal Gorge and Arkansas River sought by boaters and anglers. And he stood here looking at dark, vacant buildings up and down Main Street. “It was sort of mystifying,”…
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‘Diamond in the rough’: New trails unlock adventure in red rock wonderland of southern Colorado
CAÑON CITY • It’s around here somewhere. Tiffany Brewer is sure of it. She’s sure, because she’s been here several times before ー this place where one walks atop red rock ridges that rise with the mountains not far from town. And yet one might feel closer to the national parks of Utah than to…
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Renewed lift service anticipated at formerly abandoned ski area in southern Colorado
A long dormant chairlift could run again this winter, marking a major moment in a ski area’s revival in southern Colorado. Nonprofit Panadero Ski Corp. (PSC) recently announced it was on the verge of gaining state approvals and once again loading the chairlift at the base of the old ski area near Cuchara that was…
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Lee fire grows to 5th largest in Colorado history
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of three wildfires burning in Colorado reached historic proportions on Monday, while another fire was now “out of control.” The Lee fire — which is raging southwest of Meeker in Rio Blanco County — grew to 113,378 acres by Monday morning, according to the Rio Blanco County…
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Trails expanding at Colorado’s newest state park
The possibilities for adventure are growing around one of southern Colorado’s most iconic mountains. Construction recently started on about 10 miles of new trail at Fishers Peak State Park — adding to the network that has steadily expanded at Colorado’s newest state park. Spanning more than 16 miles currently, the network includes a long path to…
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Southern Colorado ski area set to revive after long-awaited deal is finalized
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After years of contentious talks, a plan is in place for the next life of a southern Colorado ski area. Huerfano County commissioners recently approved a 40-year operating agreement with a nonprofit to run county-owned Cuchara Mountain Park, home to the old ski area that…
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‘The heart of Pueblo:’ A mural grows again along the Arkansas River
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One morning this spring, as dawn broke over the mountains in southern Colorado, Valrie Eisemann loaded her truck with paint and climbing gear and drove about 65 miles to her canvas: a concrete wall angling high above the Arkansas River. She arrived at her place…
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Soul of Sopris: Remembering a Colorado town now under water
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One day in 1970, Giuseppe Incitti took a pencil to paper and grieved the loss of his southern Colorado home. “Consider the town of Sopris finished,” he wrote, translated from his native Italian. “It will…
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Curious waterway returning soon to Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes
It’s never too early to start planning for one of Colorado’s seasonal, most anticipated natural phenomena. It is indeed early to start planning for Medano Creek — the waterway that only appears for a brief period every year, curiously “surging” and sending small waves to the base of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.…
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‘Disney World of astronomy’: Luxury stargazing resort aims for debut in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
Gamal Jadue Zalaquett remembers being 12 in Miami, his family having arrived from Chile, where the economics of the early 2000s had flipped their real estate fortunes. “We lost pretty much everything,” Jadue Zalaquett says. “It was seven of us sleeping in one bedroom at one point.” The American dream felt distant. But the boy…