Tag: Life
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Photo gallery: Admiring Colorado’s wildflowers in places famous and foreign
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Where the masses continued toward one of Colorado’s most iconic scenes, the Maroon Bells, Christian Murdock veered off for an unfamiliar road. There, near Aspen, The Gazette’s photo editor drove up Castle Creek. “I’d probably driven by that turnoff a million times,” Murdock said, reflecting…
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Rocky Mountain National Park campground reopens after extended closure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After much anticipation, campers are returning to one of Colorado’s most highly sought places. After a closure that spanned two summers, Rocky Mountain National Park has announced reopening Moraine Park Campground. Moraine Park is the biggest, most popular campground in one of America’s most-visited national…
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Multi-year trail work begins at popular mountain in Boulder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Changes are underway at a popular mountain on Colorado’s Front Range. The city of Boulder recently announced starting what’s been described as “a multi-year trail and ecological restoration effort” on Mount Sanitas. The city has reported more than 300,000 people a year hitting the summit…
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Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame announces 2025 class, adds pioneer skiers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pioneers in extreme, freestyle and adaptive skiing are among this year’s Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame class. Two of the 2025 members, Trace Worthington and Wendy Fisher, “add range to our Hall of Fame, representing freestyle and big-mountain athletes,” chair of the Vail-based selection committee,…
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Sunrise Openings set for Pikes Peak Highway
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The easiest way to catch a sunrise on a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado? Via the Pikes Peak Highway on certain days coming up. The highway’s gate will be lifted early July 12 and 18 — the first Sunrise Openings that only come around every so…
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50 years on the mountain: 83-year-old Pikes Peak highway ranger retires after half century on patrol
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save John O’Brien’s memory lane is the 19-mile road that twists and turns up to the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak. “Each curve has a certain memory,” he says from the passenger seat now. “Every curve after 50 years.” After 50 years, O’Brien has retired as…
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Year-round gardening: With most of the work done, sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “America the Beautiful” were the words penned by poet Katharine Lee Bates on July 22, 1893. Bates taught English at Wellesley College and loved to travel. Her home was filled with souvenirs from faraway lands.…
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48 hours in Ouray: Exploring the ‘Switzerland of America’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In southwest Colorado, it’s amazing what all can be tucked into a box canyon. Herein lies Ouray, surrounded by craggy walls that seemingly can’t contain the options for shopping, dining and sightseeing. It’s a sight to behold from Main Street: the jagged San Juan Mountains…
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For e-bikes in Colorado Springs, ‘phases’ and complexities to sort out
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An ordinance expanding electric bike access on Colorado Springs trails is going into effect Tuesday. But cyclists who have long awaited a legal day at most of the city’s premier outdoor destinations will have to wait longer. That’s in line with the Parks Department’s “phased…
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A Sherpa’s unlikely journey to food and drink fame in Boulder | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BOULDER • Pemba Sherpa is often sipping chai. Not just any chai, but his chai. The chai of Sherpa Chai, the company that grew out of his longstanding restaurant here in an old Victorian house along Walnut Street. More importantly, it’s the chai of his…