Tag: Local News
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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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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…
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Meet the Colorado Springs explorer captivating 40,000 Facebook fans with weird, famous and forgotten places
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was nothing. It was everything. It was one morning 11 years ago. Heath Gay woke in his Colorado Springs home. He was not yet 40 at the time. “I had a growth on my forehead,” he says. “By the end of the day, it…
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Survey, meetings set for long-term future of Colorado Springs parks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An online survey and upcoming meetings begin a broad, long-term plan guiding Colorado Springs’ Parks Department. The department recently announced the survey along with the first in a series of meetings regarding a master plan for parks, open spaces, community centers and other department-run facilities…
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Shuttles return to Rainbow Falls this summer as officials consider expanding Creek Walk for access
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Shuttles are running again to a scenic waterfall west of Colorado Springs while officials continue to mull the future of access. Site-managing El Paso County recently announced the seasonal opening of Rainbow Falls. It’s an officially designated historic site with a recent history of various…
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Popular Colorado Springs park road and trail remain closed, awaiting assessment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Land managers overseeing Colorado Springs’ popular recreation areas started the week hoping for a break from rain. That is needed, they say, for proper assessment of a washed-out road into one of the city’s premier parks and also for one of its most beloved trails:…
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Mark your calendar for free days at Colorado’s national parks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s the busy season for Colorado’s national parks and monuments — summer, when more than ever drivers pay entrance fees up to $35. That won’t be required on select dates in the weeks and months ahead. June 19 is the National Park Service’s next “fee-free day.”…
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Soul of Sopris: Remembering a Colorado town now under water
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One day in 1970, Giuseppe Incitti took a pencil to paper and grieved the loss of his southern Colorado home. “Consider the town of Sopris finished,” he wrote, translated from his native Italian. “It will…
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Colorado state park gains ‘Gold Standard’ status
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A southern Colorado state park has gained exclusive recognition by a leader in outdoor education. The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics recently named Cheyenne Mountain State Park a Gold Standard Site, what the Boulder-based nonprofit calls its “highest form of recognition.” The Gold…