Tag: Covering Colorado
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Manitou Incline to reopen with the free reservation system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Manitou Springs City Council decided Tuesday to reopen the Manitou Incline through a free reservation system that would limit the number of hikers allowed on the popular trail. Council members voted 5-2 to move…
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Woman’s life-changing journey of climbing Colorado’s 14ers begins and ends with her dog
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ellie Briggs had done it. She climbed the daunting Capitol Peak, marking the end of her life-changing, eight-year journey to climb all of Colorado’s fourteeners. But Briggs, who lives in Littleton, didn’t make much of a fuss. She cared way more that he had done…
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Manitou Springs castle holds 125 years of juicy history behind all that architecture
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Look Inside | Miramont Castle Museum More than a century of juicy history resides in a fancy castle perched high on a Manitou Springs hill. Miramont Castle is a cornerstone of the tiny mountain town. Begun in 1895, the historical residence, once home to…
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Topless Colorado women are marking mountaintop moments with ’empowering’ photos
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Lauren Robison had been waiting for the right moment. In awe of the views near the end of a hike through Black Canyon in Gunnison, she thought, “Yup, this is the one.” It helped, too, that no one else was around. Robison planted her feet…
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Brewing beer leaves a lot of leftover grain, which Colorado small farmers are hopping on
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Brewing beer leaves a lot leftover which Colorado small farmers are hopping on. (Video by Katie Klann) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “VIDEO | Grain for Good”, “description”: “Brewing beer leaves a lot leftover which Colorado small farmers are hopping on. (Video by Katie…
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Climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell add to legendary resumes in Colorado mountains
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Renowned climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell teamed up this month for an amazing feat in the Colorado mountains. Over the course of 36 hours, the duo completed what Caldwell dubbed the “Continental Divide Ultimate…
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From underground, typewriters rise thanks to man and bird | Colorful Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GLENWOOD SPRINGS • It’s easy to stroll Grand Avenue, spot the overhead sign for Raymond’s Office Machines and Supplies and wonder where Raymond is. From the sidewalk, the storefront is for a chic boutique. But…
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24 tons of (tasty?) testicles served at Colorado bar | Colorful Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SEVERANCE • Folks here have a tradition when it comes to Rocky Mountain oysters: Don’t tell the kids what they are. “They’re chicken fingers,” James Anderson recalls telling his 6-year-old daughter back when. Chicken fingers,…
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Out on the plains northeast of Colorado Springs, a whimsical refuge for car and man | Colorful Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ELBERT COUNTY • The destination is as unexpected as the shifting landscape: rolling fields before thick woods, then barren again, then the pines again. It’s as if the road is going nowhere, until the town…