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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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Eating disorders in Colorado teens, young adults rose during pandemic
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As the pandemic enveloped the globe in 2020, Emma Warford used her newly acquired free time to laser in on a destructive hobby – scrutinizing her caloric intake. Over the course of the next year that obsession, coupled with stressful activities, such as taking advanced placement and college classes, having a job and extracurricular hobbies,…
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Fees announced for overnights in popular wilderness of Colorado
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Starting next year, you’ll have to pay to stay the night in some of Colorado’s most iconic, backcountry destinations. The U.S. Forest Service recently announced a permit program that will require a $10 fee per night per person staying in certain parts of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. That goes for hikers along the Four Pass…
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New Colorado state park could feature 80-plus miles of trail: Draft plan
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A recently released draft master plan paints the picture of a state park under development in southern Colorado. Three years after Fishers Peak State Park was established, a document spanning 188 pages lays out a detailed proposal for the future of the 19,000-plus acres. That includes plans for hikers to finally reach the iconic, flattop…
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Colorado state park entrance fees will be waived Monday
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Entrance fees at all 42 of Colorado’s state parks will be waived Monday to celebrate the state’s 146th birthday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has offered free admittance to the parks in conjunction with the state’s birthday, or Colorado Day, for at least five years. Colorado Day was established in 1907 by the state Legislature and…
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Record spending reported at Colorado’s national parks in 2021
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Visitors spent more money than ever at Colorado’s national parks in 2021, according to a government report. The annual report determined 7.8 million parkgoers collectively spent an estimated $560 million, with most of that going toward lodging, eating and filling up the gas tank. Those expenses and more supported 7,570 jobs in and around Colorado’s…
