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True grit: Some of state’s smallest also its toughest
Comments | RecommendTo see the rare Pikes Peak parsley, you have to climb Pikes Peak. That's the only place the endemic wildflower grows. But to really see it, Beatrice Willard, the revered alpine botanist, once wrote, "It takes getting down on your hands and knees - or...
Happy Trails: Mount Belford and Mount Oxford
Comments | RecommendClimb two fourteeners in the heart of the Sawatch Range in one hike - a steep slog that may feel like a death march at times, with nearly 6,000 feet in elevation gain in one day. Amazing views at the top of both peaks reward the hardy....
Open water: In El Paso County, there isn't much
Comments | RecommendYou might say Karen Reeder is a fish out of water. A native of Wisconsin - land of 15,000 lakes - she is an open-water swimmer who has swum, among other things, the English Channel. "It's just a freedom thing," said Reeder, a Colorado Springs resident...
Happy Trails: The Paint Mines
Comments | RecommendHidden in a grassy basin on the eastern plains, the Paint Mines is a trove of whimsical hoodoos made from bright, sherbetcolored stone. For generations, this geologic oddity on the plains has drawn people to it. Archaeological evidence suggests that paleolithic...
Bike builder gains esteem with each handcrafted frame
Comments | RecommendOn a recent afternoon, the Ground Up garage suddenly filled with an eerie lavender glow that meant Eric Baar had started building another frame. He leaned over a web of metal tubes, welding mask down, nose inches from a tiny snake of lightning jumping...
Happy Trails: Queens Canyon/The Punch Bowls
Comments | RecommendThis series of pools hidden in Queens Canyon above Glen Eyrie is one of the coolest hikes in the region, and a surefire hit with kids on a hot summer day. The trail crosses private property, and reservations are required, but it's worth it....
Summer brings warmth and riders to 4 favorite treks
Comments | RecommendIt's time to put the "mountain" in mountain biking. Spring was the season for heading to Moab, Utah, or Fruita - hitting the desert before the temperatures hit triple digits. But it's summer now, and time for riders to start looking up. Up as in the high...
Happy Trails: The Falcon Trail
Comments | RecommendThis rolling 12.7-mile singletrack loop on the Air Force Academy grounds is one of the best biking and trail running spots in town. A wide, rolling trail through pines and open meadows gives a tour of the campus....
Beautiful byway
Comments | RecommendLA VETA - Tourism types and road signs call it the Highway of Legends. Locals call it the back road. Dave "Ham Bone" Hamilton calls it a journey into a little-known part of Colorado that just might soothe your soul. No matter what it's called, Colorado...
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