Tag: Cheyenne Mountain
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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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Denver novelist Peter Heller recipient of Colorado Springs book award
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Once you go fiction, you can’t go back. Award-winning Denver author Peter Heller lived a swashbuckling life as a nonfiction adventure and environmental writer before finally succumbing to the lifelong internal nudge to write novels. “Once you start making it up, it’s tough to go…
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‘I can’t imagine anything luckier’: Colorado Springs locals remember Ski Broadmoor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Whenever he’s back in Colorado Springs, Steve Wilmot’s gaze turns south to Cheyenne Mountain, to the pair of wide lanes running down the mountain’s foot — especially visible after snowfall. “I look all the time,” Wilmot, 72, says from his home now in Fort Collins.…
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A beloved tradition continues: NORAD set to track Santa for 69th year
Continuing a beloved tradition now in its 69th year, North American Aerospace Defense Command will again track Santa Claus’ sleigh ride journey across the globe as he delivers presents to children all over the world. On Sunday, the military-run, all-volunteer tracking operation will launch its NORAD Tracks Santa website, noradsanta.org. The website features Santa’s North…
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Happy Trails: A loop trail not to be overlooked at Garden of the Gods
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Scotsman Trail Garden of the Gods is first on the best-of lists across the internet, but in the summer, it tends to be down the list for locals across Colorado Springs. They tend to go elsewhere while tourists flood the world-famous park. We are all…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | The military’s impact on growth and development
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into…
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For Colorado Hodgkin lymphoma patient and future doc, disease was a health-care eye-opener
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You’ve got your whole life ahead of you, then suddenly you don’t. You’ve never felt alone, then suddenly you are. Cancer doesn’t just attack the body. It makes you question everything. “My name is Will. I am 22 years old. I’m afraid that I’m going…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers: Air Force’s Space Command decision ‘absolutely comical’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A document created by the Pentagon to justify its decision to strip Colorado Springs of U.S. Space Command and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama has caused even more consternation among local leaders who say it proves the process was flawed and politics may have…