Tag: Canon City
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‘Jurassic Park’ in Colorado: Discover dinosaurs at these 8 sites
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Near the northern Colorado-Utah border, there’s a river-cut land of colorful rock traversed by the short Fossil Discovery Trail. It is an interpretive trail, with educational signs and remembrances of Earl Douglas. He is the paleontologist credited with the 1915 establishment of Dinosaur National Monument.…
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Big challenge, thrill promised by new trail in Royal Gorge region
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cañon City has added another trail to its vaunted, ever-growing network. And this one is unlike any other. That’s the word from Ashlee Sack of Fremont Adventure Recreation (FAR), the nonprofit that for the past decade has helped put the Royal Gorge region on the…
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Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival features water, land events, live music, contests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A cool, blue and frothy jewel snakes through Cañon City. That treasure is the Arkansas River, and water-lover Chris Moffett wants people to wake up and pay attention to its magnificence. He hopes the annual Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival in Centennial Park will contribute to…
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One killed, one injured in Saturday shooting with Cañon City police
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man was killed and another injured in a police-involved shooting Saturday night in Cañon City, law enforcement officials said Sunday. The shooting took place on U.S. Highway 50 near Dozier Avenue around 10 p.m.,…
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Southern Colorado mountain bike destination adding first skills parks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cañon City is adding another notch to its mountain biking belt. After a decade of putting itself on the map with such singletrack networks as Oil Well Flats, South Cañon and Royal Gorge Park, now…
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Colorado has 2 new national scenic byways. Here’s a look at all 13
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Coloradans know the state’s beauty to be endless, though the extent to which it is reflected in one federal record is limited. That record, however, is expanding. Two long stretches of Colorado road have been added to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s list of national…
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Colorado railroad offers Santa Express Train to North Pole
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The annual Santa Express Train at Royal Gorge Route Railroad is up and running. And a mask-clad Santa is ready to greet his winter visitors — from 6 feet. “For us, the demand has been extraordinary,” owner Mark Greksa says. “People know that we do…
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Cañon City mountain biking portfolio grows again, with highly anticipated trail coming soon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The mountain biking revolution in Cañon City continues to turn with a new trail that opened over the weekend. The Flow Trail is now available from the Ecology Park parking lot, running just shy of…
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Coronavirus outbreak at Cañon City prison sickens dozens of inmates, 13 workers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new coronavirus outbreak has sickened 74 inmates and 13 staff members at the Fremont Correctional Facility in Cañon City, the Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed Tuesday. The prison in Fremont County launched a round…