Tag: Steamboat Springs
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New, increased fees proposed for recreation areas in Colorado
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed sweeping increases and new fees across recreation areas in northwest Colorado. Campgrounds and trailheads around Routt County are among the long list of changes proposed for some 2.9 million acres of federal land spanning that part of the state and eastern Wyoming. Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest leadership has identified…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
FRIDAY-SATURDAY Valentine’s weekend, that special time for the traditional Loveland Sweetheart Festival. Four venues through downtown Loveland. Live music in the Rialto, Arts Alive with ice sculpting, murals and pottery firing, light show on the Feed and Grain Building. On Saturday, the Sweetheart 4-mile race and group wedding on the ice before the Colorado Eagles hockey…
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Snowstang service begins this weekend, offering bus trips to mountain resorts
Sick of Interstate 70 traffic after an epic weekend at Colorado’s beautiful ski resorts? The Colorado Department of Transportation may have just the thing. Snowstang begins bus service Saturday with roundtrip service to Arapahoe Basin, Copper Mountain, Loveland Ski Area, Steamboat Springs/Howelsen Hill and Breckenridge. Snowstang is similar to Bustang, which offers service between Denver, Fort…
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Lifts, terrain, eateries, domes and ‘ice bars’: New to Colorado ski areas
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Colorado’s ski season is underway, with more resorts set to open in the coming weeks. Here’s a look at some of what’s new to the scene: Mason Davis cheers with the crowd when it’s announced that marketing team members will be handing out rolls of duct tape to the first people waiting in line for…
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5 fall color drives in Colorado through massive aspen groves
Sprawling 106 acres in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest, Pando is the largest known aspen clone in the world. But with research, experts suspect a larger one could be found — perhaps in Colorado’s mountains. We asked where they would look. Here’s some of what they said: Grand Mesa The gentler topography of the planet’s largest…
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The old and new unite for spoils in Steamboat Springs | Main Street Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In Steamboat Springs, the local icon is the skiing cowboy. He captures the essence of this town in northwest Colorado — the past, present and future symbolized by those jeans, Stetson, belt buckle and latest and greatest boots and bindings. Steamboat as we know it…
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5 Colorado towns where history lives — and what to see and do while you’re there
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Breckenridge Claim to fame: Gold was discovered along the Blue River in 1859, attracting waves of people who would create Breck as we know it today. In 1887, a 13 1/2-pound gold nugget was unearthed, considered the largest of its kind ever in Colorado. Today:…
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1 dead, 1 injured in avalanche near Steamboat Springs
A backcountry skier is dead and another was injured in an avalanche Saturday near Steamboat Springs, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The avalanche occurred at 12:20 p.m. in the North Fork of Fish Creek, northeast of Steamboat Springs. Officials said one of the skiers, a male, was buried in the avalanche and became…
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The soul of Colorado skiing hides in plain sight — right in the neighborhood
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This winter, Rick Noll got a call from a man on a mission to hit every ski area in Colorado. Noll, the city of Ouray’s resource director, recalled the question: “What’s the lowdown on Lee’s Ski Hill?” It’s not often Noll receives outside inquiries about…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save THURSDAY-SUNDAY A wild one, the longtime Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival is here. It has been called one of the top winter carnivals in the world. Youngsters on skis and snowboards are pulled by galloping horses down main street, athletic types fly off Nordic jumps as they flip…