Author: Breanna Sneeringer
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10 winter adventures you’ll find off the slopes in Colorado
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Winter fun in Colorado reaches far beyond skiing. From snowshoeing to ice fishing, you’ll find plenty of winter festivities to enjoy off the slopes. Here are some of our top picks for adventure: 1. TRY OUT ICE CLIMBING Ouray Ice Park. Christian Murdock CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE Brave the cold for an unforgettable ice climbing…
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The inside scoop on hiking Colorado’s ‘easiest’ 14er
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Lace up your hiking boots and get ready to bag one of Colorado’s easiest 14er summits – Handies Peak Reaching 14,052 feet in the San Juan Mountains, Handies Peak offers a great option for beginners among the state’s 58 fourteeners. Handies Peak is a class one hike consisting mostly of a dirt-packed trail with zero…
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See 100 shooting stars per hour this week in Colorado
Hundreds of colorful fireballs could blast across the skies of Colorado with the annual Perseids meteor shower of 2021 reaching its peak Wednesday evening. The annual Perseids meteor shower will reach its peak late evening through dawn from Wednesday, August 11 through Friday, August 13 with up to 100 shooting stars visible across the night sky per hour each night.…
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Bear breaks into 8 vehicles in single night in Colorado
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is reminding residents to keep their vehicle doors and windows locked and to remove all attractants after a string of vehicle break-ins. A black bear broke into eight vehicles in the mountain town of Estes Park, which is on the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. The hungry bear went from…
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New official ‘Dark Sky’ area named in Colorado
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Curecanti National Recreation Area in southwestern Colorado was recently named as an International Dark Sky Park. The National Park Service and the International Dark Sky Association made the announcement on Thursday, recognizing the exceptional quality of the park’s night skies and added opportunities to enhance visitor experiences. “There is a deep appreciation for dark skies…
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Hikers stranded for 6 hours on Colorado fourteener
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A pair of hikers were rescued Monday on a Colorado fourteener after becoming stranded for six hours above treeline. Rescuers were contacted about 12:15 p.m. for two hikers who became lost while descending the 14,199-foot summit of Mount Yale, according to Chaffee County Search and Rescue North. The…
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Florissant man killed by falling rock at Gunnison County construction site
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A construction worker was killed on the job Tuesday after being struck by a falling rock along Highway 50 in Gunnison County. The construction worker, identified as Ricardo Batista, 69, of Florissant, was operating a mini-excavator June 29 near Little Blue Creek Canyon when a large rock came tumbling down, according to Gunnison County Coroner…
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Public urged to avoid ‘skin-to-water’ contact at southern Colorado reservoir
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is alerting the public about a blue-green algae bloom that could be potentially dangerous if touched or ingested at DeWeese Reservoir in northern Custer County. According to a press release, officials are concerned about the increased levels of toxicity found on Wednesday in tests of the reservoir water after elevated levels of…
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Falling rock kills construction worker on Colorado highway
A construction worker was killed on the job Tuesday after being struck by a falling rock along Highway 50 in Gunnison County. The construction worker, identified as Ricardo Batista, 69, of Florissant, was operating a mini-excavator near Little Blue Creek Canyon when a large rock came tumbling down, according to Gunnison County Coroner Michael Barnes.…
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Nebraska therapy puppy has Colorado connection
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Mo, the newest and cutest addition to Nebraska’s Bellevue Police Department, has a Colorado connection. Mo is named after Will Moden, a Colorado State Patrol trooper who was killed in 2019 after a driver hit him on Interstate 70 in Arapahoe County while he was investigating a rollover crash. Moden loved dogs and helping others,…