Hiking, nature, running and other outdoor events in and around Colorado Springs.
Many of us living in northern El Paso County were happily trapped at home for a couple of days when “snowmaggedon” hit March 13.
You’ve seen the landmark from Interstate 25 — the commanding promontory for which the town of Castle Rock is named. Now, exit the highway and …
Colorado Springs' Ling Li is into her seventh year of climbing Pikes Peak every month, regarded in local mountaineering circles as a record.
Long considered dangerous for uphill travel, Colorado Springs mountain bikers' beloved Chutes trail will soon be open to downhill riding only.
After nearly three weeks of historic avalanches and round-the-clock plowing, Red Mountain Pass reopened to the public Friday morning.
It’s been a big season so far and it’s not finished yet. Big snow totals have some resorts around the state stretching their season longer tha…
Highways across Colorado have faced lengthy closures as a result of a spate of recent avalanches. But none can compare with U.S. 550 over Red …
The Nature Conservancy cherishes Aiken Canyon Preserve for being “one of the last high-quality examples of the southern Front Range foothills …
The marvelous Paint Mines Interpretive Park east of Colorado Springs closes at dusk, but El Paso County has a new exception for photographers.
Amid blizzard cleanup and closed El Paso County offices, a Thursday evening meeting was cancelled to discuss trails in Colorado Springs' belov…
Helen Hunt Falls in North Cheyenne Cañon Park boasts wild escapes. Take the trail to Mount Muscoco, following that wooded ridge to the craggy …
Students from around the country come to Leadville for Colorado Mountain College's ski area operations program.
Hiking, nature, running and other outdoor events in and around Colorado Springs.
War has haunted Army Sgt. Marc Dervaes, who medically retired in 2011. He's using the outdoors to heal.
After two days with its lifts at a standstill, Arapahoe Basin reopened Saturday morning with a bounty of untracked powder.
A backcountry guide leading a group of skiers near Jones Pass died in one of the more than 30 avalanches reported in Colorado’s high country o…
Colorado mountain highways have been pummeled by avalanches this week during what avalanche forecasters are calling a historic cycle of slides.
A backcountry skier killed in a huge avalanche Thursday on Jones Pass was an employee of an Empire backcountry ski guide company, a news relea…
Rocky Mountain National Park saw a 6 percent increase in the number of visitors in January compared with the same month a year ago despite the…
TELLURIDE — Authorities have identified the backcountry skier who apparently died in an avalanche in southwestern Colorado.
At an event in Colorado Springs last October, Jennifer Peterson was proud to present the man they all came to hear: Luis Benitez, then directo…
A park in southeast Colorado Springs will get a nearly $1.3 million revamp, “the largest neighborhood park renovation in city history,” offici…
DENVER • Thank you, William K. Reilly.