Since Gov. Jared Polis stood on a cliff in October 2021 and announced Sweetwater Lake as the 43rd state park, the community around the lake has labored to slow the state’s roll toward creating a new state park. The White River National Forest had acquired... See more
In the middle of the Gold Mountain fire is Nate Creek, a small stream tumbling down the west side of the toothy Cimarron Ridge. And in that creek are special fish: the last genetic relatives to the native cutthroats that once crowded the streams flowing i... See more
Colorado’s Western Slope federal delegates want to stop the Bureau of Land Management from approving a controversial gravel mine expansion above Glenwood Springs. The Glenwood Springs Protection Act — proposed this week by U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, a Republica... See more
It is officially “Know Before You Go” season. We’re literally in off-the-charts territory for historic challenges to your recreational plans across Colorado. Region after region reports average temperatures higher than anything in their records, and strea... See more
There is a lot of poop on Colorado’s highest peak. A recently published survey of hikers on Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range above Leadville shows that as many as 11% of hikers on the 14,440-foot mountain poop along the trail and fewer than a third of th... See more
