Author: Seth Boster
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Avalanche beacon training park opens for season in Colorado
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A one-of-a-kind place for avalanche preparedness in Colorado has opened for the season. The U.S. Forest Service calls it a “beacon training park,” a snow-covered slope at the Mountain Meadow trailhead by the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger Station in Minturn. That’s along U.S. 24, about a quarter-mile from the Interstate 70 exit to town. The story…
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‘This is real:’ Historic bird flu believed to be killing record number of iconic species in Colorado
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For Jeff Travis and his guiding outfit on Colorado’s southeast plains, the hunt for an iconic, winged migrant has been different this season. “They act totally different,” Travis, owner of Lamar-based Outwest Adventures, said of the snow geese. Sometimes, he said, the birds will just be standing alone in the field – or trying to…
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Survey gauges Colorado Springs outdoor industry on diversity, growth, conservation
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A new report offers a glimpse into how Colorado Springs-area business people and advocates are feeling about hot-button issues facing the outdoor industry. With a grant from Colorado Tourism Office, Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance contracted a survey of 160 representatives of local stewarding groups, retailers, outfitters and manufacturers. The intent, according to the nonprofit…
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In Colorado and beyond, art therapy is a surprising route toward healing
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When the words won’t come, therapist Tara Alexander has an idea for her patients. How about drawing? she might ask. Or painting? Or clay sculpting? The possibilities are endless from the cupboard in her Colorado Springs office, filled with markers, colored pencils, brushes, yarn, tinsel, pipe cleaners, bits of wood and textile, beads, confetti, googly…
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Colorado’s outdoor industry rebounds from 2020 hit, analysis shows
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A new report confirms Colorado’s outdoor industry as a sustained force in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Skiing, hiking, biking, camping, fishing, hunting, off-roading and other forms of recreation spelled an economic output of $11.6 billion last year in the state, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. That was up from $9.6 billion…
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Upgraded website forecasts avalanche danger in Colorado
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Colorado Avalanche Information Center has upgraded its website in hopes of better preparing this winter’s backcountry travelers. The center’s director, Ethan Greene, called it “a much-needed upgrade” in a news release. The hope is an easier, more in-depth interactive experience, complete with “dynamic forecast zones” that color code ranges in terms of risk. Monarch Mountain…
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New trails open at Fishers Peak in southern Colorado
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After years in busy Boulder and busier Denver, Juan Delaroca was looking for something else. In 2015, he found it driving through Trinidad near Colorado’s southern border with New Mexico – found it in the sight of a mighty flattop, Fishers Peak, which was privately held at the time. “I just kind of looked around and…
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Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes grows with land roamed by bison
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Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is now bigger. That’s thanks to the transfer of 9,362 acres of surrounding ranch land, as recently celebrated by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and National Park Service Director Chuck Sams during a visit to the San Luis Valley. The Nature Conservancy sold the large portion…
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Donation marks momentum for bike path along notorious highway in Colorado
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Boulder County is one step closer to realizing a long-envisioned bike path along a popular, notorious roadway. Nonprofit Cyclists 4 Community recently announced a $30,000 donation to the county to help pay for a feasibility study that could pave the way for a bike lane along the North Foothills Highway. That’s the stretch of U.S.…
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Land donation grows national park in Colorado
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One of Colorado’s most famous natural treasures is officially bigger. Rocky Mountain National Park recently celebrated the addition of 40 acres to its eastern boundaries during a ribbon cutting alongside the man who donated the land. Vance Brand transferred the land in 2019 to the park’s nonprofit partner, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, which held the parcel…
