Tag: Mount Evans
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Colorado 14er hiking numbers plunge, according to new report
After unprecedented numbers during the 2020 pandemic, crowds on Colorado’s highest mountains continue to thin, according to a new study. The droves of 2020 led land managers and local law enforcement to establish restrictions and regulations across some of the most popular 14,000-foot peaks reached by Front Range populations. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) points to…
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Muffin the Moose: Meet the moose who loves doughnuts, traveling and Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Muffin the Moose has been sighted all across Colorado. Mount Evans. Sapphire Point. Red Rocks Park. Garden of the Gods. The Great Sand Dunes. Denver Botanic Gardens. But he’s not your ordinary moose — he’s several feet shorter and at least 1,000 pounds lighter. He…
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Echo Lake Lodge slated for 3 years of improvements, long time concessionaire leaving with mixed emotions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For many decades, Denver’s Mountain Parks have offered an escape from the concrete jungle that is the city. The parks dot the Front Range and some extend deep into the mountains. They offer trails, campsites and learning opportunities. One of the most popular park features through the…
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Next steps announced for historic tourist stop along Colorado 14er
Denver officials have rolled out a rough blueprint for the near future of an iconic, historic destination undergoing major changes. While a decades-long family operation is set to end, Denver Parks and Recreation recently pledged limited services at Echo Lake Lodge while working toward a multi-year mission “to maintain and protect its rustic mountain character…
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Colorado panel begins work on name change for Mount Evans
A Colorado panel is getting ready to take on the most controversial name change in its two-year history: Mount Evans. The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board, which is tasked with finding replacement names for geographic landmarks with names considered offensive, decided Thursday that it’s ready to start looking at six proposals for the renaming of Mount…
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Strange, storied trees are worthy destination before famed Colorado summit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CLEAR CREEK COUNTY • High on the craggy shoulders of Mount Evans, above 11,500 feet where the spruce and fir no longer prevail, an exclamation is heard. Observes one in a group visiting from California: “They make us feel young!” They are the bristlecone pine…
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Mount Evans Highway opens for season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mount Evans Highway — or Colorado Highway 5 —reopened for the season on Friday morning. The 15-mile highway begins at Echo Lake Lodge and climbs to the mountain’s summit at over 14,200 feet. The road is the highest paved road in North America, according to…
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You might be seeing more paint-dotted mountain goats on Mount Evans
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks you not to be alarmed if you see paint-dotted mountain goats on Mount Evans. Though, there’s concern behind the marks. Wildlife officials have tagged the wooly animals seen along the…
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Classic Happy Trails: Summit between Colorado Springs and Denver offers wilderness spoils
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mount Herman is the hulkish backdrop to Monument, like a mound suddenly rising from the flats where the town sits and Interstate 25 runs onward. If you’re a savvy hiker and keep skipping the mountain…