Tag: Garden Of The Gods
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His family has been called the first in Colorado tourism. Can the legacy last?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado man who has famously spent his life selling souvenirs keeps a few of his own. “This is one. Look at this thing!” Bill Carle remarks, holding up a thing that is difficult to discern, until several blackened, silver charms become clear. Tiny, collectible…
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National parks are fantasy worlds in the maps of a Colorado artist
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Not long ago in his parents’ Colorado Springs home, a young man came by his boyhood pen. This was the Lamy Safari Fountain pen Alex Burden had used some 20 years ago during elementary school in Germany. “The last time I used one was in…
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‘New phase’ of reclamation celebrated at Colorado Springs’ Pikeview Quarry — but challenges remain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the foothills of northwest Colorado Springs, along the Pikeview Quarry scar seen from afar over the past century, two men knelt down to plant a young pine. They were David Isbell and Gary Bradley, two among a small crowd that gathered Thursday morning to…
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Garden of the Gods sees an estimated 4.5M visitors a year. Is it time for crowd control measures?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hank Scarangella recently dug up a Gazette article from 1994 that detailed the Colorado Springs City Council reviewing a master plan for Garden of the Gods Park. Councilmembers rejected the proposal at the time. Among other requests, they wanted planners to look into “a permit…
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Garden of the Gods can still be great in the busy summer. Here are some tips
Bret Tennis started working around Garden of the Gods 17 years ago. “We used to say 1.2 million visitors a year when I started here,” said the park operations administrator. “Now we say over 4.5 million.” The annual numbers are reportedly similar at Rocky Mountain National Park, where people can spread out across 265,807 acres.…
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Colorado’s greatest rock wonderlands
It’s true what they say about a rock: Just because it’s one of a kind doesn’t mean it’s valuable. Not true for some formations in Colorado. Here’s a look at some of the state’s finest: Black Canyon of the Gunnison The national park brochure details the Song of the Gunnison: the water and wind rushing…
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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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Once a place of ruin and hard memories, Colorado Springs native restoring childhood landmark
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save His knees won’t carry him up and down the hill he ran as a child. Now Carl Bourgeois, 71, has an ATV. Now he can drive this slice of backcountry in the middle of the neighborhood on Colorado Springs’ west side. “Let me show you…
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11 reasons to be thankful for Colorado outdoors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Around this time every year, we’re asking outdoorsy Coloradans to give thanks to the places they adore the most. Let their gratitude inspire your own (and tell us what you’re thankful for in the comments section at the end of the story): John Fielder, Summit…
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Happy Trails: A loop celebrating red rock beauty of park west of Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fountain Valley Trail Southwest of Denver, Roxborough State Park features the same formations that make Garden of the Gods and Red Rocks Amphitheatre world-famous. Roxborough doesn’t have quite the renown. That’s probably due to the limitations here. Roads end before the greatest views. Between the…