Ice Lake Trail is a portal to an enchanting alpine basin in Colorado’s southwestern San Juan Mountains, about six hours from Colorado Springs.
Darwin Raymond revives typewriters of old. They are not rusted, busted things of the past but rather shiny and click-clacking away in this uns…
SEVERANCE • Folks here have a tradition when it comes to Rocky Mountain oysters: Don’t tell the kids what they are.
Whose fall colors are better, Colorado’s or New England’s?
Northeast of Colorado Springs, a car collection like no other awaits at Rambler Ranch.
That first climb of a Colorado 14er - a mountain that towers above 14,000 feet - can be daunting. But with the right attitude and preparation,…
Jim Bishop and his castle are the definition of "Colorful Colorado." Bishop, a lifelong Pueblo resident, acquired property off Colorado 165 as…
Almost 60 years ago, Dave and Kay James began their ranching dream in southwest Colorado. They didn't imagine they'd be living it now with the…
Fruita will celebrate a storied Colorado bird later this month during the Mike the Headless Chicken Festival.
Crested Butte faces the modern plights of Colorado mountain towns. How are locals feeling about Vail's new stamp on the ski resort?
BRECKENRIDGE • Snow crunches. Branches snap. In the shady woods east of town, people sneak through the trees.
GUNNISON • A peculiar, sweet sound drifts down Main Street.
“The LAST Great Place.” So reads the town’s welcome sign in this inconspicuous place between towering granite walls, somewhere between the bet…
LA VETA • From the high gravel road, the Sangre de Cristo mountains appear to have been swallowed by a dark shadow that won’t soon rise.
No matter how you get there, the views going into Lake City are spectacular.
GRAND JUNCTION - Bruce Benge ruffles through the clutter of the shoe store's back room, determined to find the picture.
TIMNATH - The house hides under the concrete bridge of Harmony Road, which carves between Costco and Walmart and fast-food joints and parking …
HUERFANO COUNTY - Ray Shaw is passed by every day. Anyone who's driven down Interstate 25 toward Walsenburg has seen his name on the wall of t…
MARBLE - More homes are in demand, and Mike Yellico will provide, though not without feeling some conflict. The long-haired, Chaco-footed owne…
VICTOR - Karen and Sam Morrison are known for their brooms. "But we're more than that," Karen says inside Victor Trading Co., the soft-spoken …
Huerfano County - From Interstate 25, it's as impossible to miss as the wind turbines that break the view of the mighty twin peaks: a 300-foot…
CAÑON CITY - The monks are gone, along with the property's Catholic distinction, but whether the former Holy Cross Abbey is more historic than…
EAGLE COUNTY - This winter, maybe on their way to ski resorts off Interstate 70, people will drive west on U.S. 24, passing Leadville and the …
WOODY CREEK - I was warned that I would be an outsider here, and that I wouldn't do myself any favors by asking around about Hunter S. Thompso…
ANTONITO - A man was being mean at the Indiana Jones Bed and Breakfast, and all Sabra Lynn had to do was stare him down. She was ready to kick…
ALLENSPARK - Traditions have come and gone here at Meeker Park Lodge, but this one around suppertime remains. The setting sun casts an orange …
