Tag: Victor
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Cripple Creek Ice Festival adds more days to popular event
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Ice carving is art, pure and simple. And that’s why so many are so enamored with the long-running, popular Cripple Creek Ice Festival. This year’s event will offer even more opportunities for the public to partake, as the festival will run almost every day from Saturday through Feb. 23, minus Tuesday, when the town will…
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Quick guide to fall in Teller County: Scenic hikes, drives and attractions to visit
In Colorado, aspens prefer higher elevations. It’s no wonder they’ve found a pleasant home in “the City Above the Clouds.” That’s Woodland Park, situated near 8,500 feet. But when it comes to appreciating our favorite tree of fall, the opportunities extend far beyond town — far across the hilly forests and meadows defining this side…
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Happy Trails: Finding Colorado’s new troll atop a historic, scenic mountain
Colorado’s first huge, wooden troll made its home in Breckenridge — a resort destination that welcomed the attraction in 2018. The state’s second troll has recently appeared in a less likely, less busy place. In the mountains west of Colorado Springs, the historic gold camp of Victor was perfect for artist Thomas Dambo’s imagination to…
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Pikes Pick: Spooky hotel in Colorado mountains sure to get you in Halloween spirit
Looking to take your Halloween spirit up a notch this spooky season? Look no further than Black Monarch Hotel, a nightmare-themed getaway in the ghostly town of Victor. Hurry, it sells out quick. — Seth Boster, The Gazette A hotel of horror in the old, remote mining town of Victor Victor throws a party for…
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Dambo’s latest massive troll installation takes shape in Victor: ‘It’s the perfect spot’
The “troll bubble” is Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo’s happy place. The real world melts away when he’s inside the invisible cocoon of creativity. That currently includes his twin sons turning 1 year old on Saturday, occupancy issues with his home in Denmark, and having less than two months to achieve his goal of building…
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Move over, Isak Heartstone: Colorado is getting a second giant troll sculpture
In folklore, mean hungry trolls live under bridges. In the 21st century, human trolls lie in wait as internet agitators. Throughout history, the creatures have been known to be big or small, ugly or cute, contrarian or charmer. But the Victor troll, which will start to take shape on Friday, will be a tongue-in-cheek lifesaver…
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A look at 8 ghost towns in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They are abandoned but not forgotten. They are the forefronts of classic Colorado images, destination reminders of the bold pioneers that built this state. One might say their spirits linger across the mountains — their shouts and cries still heard in the night between cabins…
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A hotel of horror in an old, remote mining town of Colorado
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VICTOR • The Victorian building sat on the corner vacant for many years, like so many buildings in this ghostly quiet town in the hills like a rolling graveyard, scattered with splintered wood and rusted metal of shafts and A-frames and other mining skeletons. In 2017, that old building caught the eye of a passerby…
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Looping through relics of Pikes Peak past, this trail is ‘a treasure trove of history’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save VICTOR — It’s best to go on the trail with a poem. The words are found in a commemorative book from 1993, celebrating 100 years of this once mighty gold camp. The relics from those days still stand, those towering headframes along the Vindicator Valley…
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Colorado’s state sport? Burro racing. Here’s where you can catch the races this summer.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s not baseball. Not football. Not hockey. Not basketball, cycling, golf or pickleball (though that last one sure is getting popular). It’s not even mountain climbing. Colorado’s state sport? Burro racing. The technical term is…