Tag: Trails
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From Blodgett Peak to Cheyenne Mountain: Dream trail taking shape in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the edge of Colorado Springs’ north-side mountains, David Deitemeyer steps across a creek where a bridge is to be built. The bridge will cross from a parking lot here beneath Pikeview Quarry, the historic…
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Funding approved for controversial Mad Rabbit trails in Colorado
Funding has been approved for a major, controversial project expanding trails in northwest Colorado. Off Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs, the Mad Rabbit project has been called “the most contentious trails project in the state, maybe in history” by one city councilor. After more than a decade of debate that underscored the broader tug-and-pull…
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‘Major milestone’ for major trail network in southwest Colorado mountains
Trail advocates are celebrating “a major milestone” toward the creation of a long-dreamed outdoor destination in southwest Colorado. That’s how Silverton Singletrack Society described a $750,000 grant recently announced for the Baker’s Park trail system. The grant was the largest among the latest “community impact” awards from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO). And the grant was…
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Survey, meetings set for long-term future of Colorado Springs parks
An online survey and upcoming meetings begin a broad, long-term plan guiding Colorado Springs’ Parks Department. The department recently announced the survey along with the first in a series of meetings regarding a master plan for parks, open spaces, community centers and other department-run facilities and programs. Reads a webpage for the project called Imagine…
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Mad Rabbit, Colorado’s ‘most contentious trails project,’ due for more debate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Forest Service has signed off on a controversial plan for major trail expansions near Rabbit Ears Pass in northwest Colorado. But the long-going debate over the project called Mad Rabbit is not over. Later this month, the Steamboat Springs City Council is set…
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Happy Trails: Splendid loop at the base of Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The large Limekiln parking lot at Cheyenne Mountain State Park was by no means full at our last visit. But it was as full as we had ever seen it. It got us thinking: Were…
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Trail Talk: Be prepared for ever-changing elements when you hike during spring in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save May is my least favorite month in Colorado. We are teased into believing spring is here and summer will soon follow. But May is mercurial. Seventy-degree temperatures are often followed by cold rain or snow…
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After funding, controversial Mad Rabbit trails in Colorado remain ‘in limbo’
It’s been four months since a highly controversial trail project in Colorado gained major funding — what proponents and opponents thought would break a yearslong stalemate. Still, the Mad Rabbit project is showing no signs of progress. That’s the view of Routt County Riders and Keep Routt Wild, two Steamboat Springs groups that have long led…
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Trail Talk: Be grateful for the foresight that creates so many Colorado parks and open spaces
Perhaps you’ve heard, but Denver is preparing to create its fourth largest park in the city’s history. Plans for the former 155-acre golf course have generated plenty of controversy. Some neighbors would prefer the land to be turned into shops or housing. A pesky conservation easement limits options, however. I say “pesky” with my tongue…
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More trails coming to Fishers Peak in southern Colorado
Trails are set to expand around an iconic mountain in southern Colorado. Fishers Peak State Park Manager Crystal Dreiling said the park’s next “trail package” would soon go out to bid — a project adding about 10 miles to the network that has steadily grown around the flat-top mountain overlooking Trinidad. The aim is to…