Author: Breanna Sneeringer
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Aspens showing color at “100%” at iconic Colorado destination
Colorado is glowing with gold as seemingly endless groves of aspens have switched to show their fall colors. Fall foliage is on full display at Rocky Mountain National Park. The 265,769-acre park offers plenty of opportunities for catching the breathtaking display of fall color, situated between the mountain towns of Estes Park to the east…
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400-pound bear goes dumpster diving at Woodland Park restaurant
Unsecured garbage is to blame for yet another black bear incident in a Colorado mountain town this week. Colorado Parks and Wildlife tranquilized a 400-pound bear after discovering the “sick old boar” inside an unlocked dumpster at a restaurant in Woodland Park. “Garbage kills bears,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife warned in a tweet on Wednesday…
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400-pound bear goes dumpster diving at Woodland Park restaurant
Unsecured garbage is to blame for yet another black bear incident in a Colorado mountain town this week. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) tranquilized a 400-pound bear after discovering the “sick old boar” inside an unlocked dumpster at a restaurant in Woodland Park. “Garbage kills bears,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife warned in a tweet on…
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Up to 12 inches possible in snowstorm soon to hit Colorado
Parts of Colorado could be waking up to as much as a foot of mountaintop snow by Monday morning. The National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting “a few inches of snow in the high country” for Sunday and Monday. According to Joel Gratz of OpenSnow, weather models predicting the storm vary widely on snowfall totals…
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Hiker suffered “traumatic” injuries while trying to save puppy at iconic waterfall in Colorado
A female hiker suffered what rescuers believe to be non-life-threatening traumatic injuries Saturday while attempting to rescue a puppy. The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office, San Miguel County Search and Rescue, and Telluride Fire Protection District were called out to Bridal Veil Falls after receiving a report of a fallen hiker and puppy in a…
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Married four days, adventurous couple dies in Colorado mountains
There are no survivors from a plane crash that occurred Monday evening in southwest Colorado. According to the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office, two bodies were recovered at about 6:25 PM on Monday from a privately-owned Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft that crashed in the Ingram Basin just east of Telluride. The two victims of the plane…
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Thirteen trails closed at Rocky Mountain National Park because of wildfire
Officials in Rocky Mountain National Park are exercising caution as the Cameron Peak Fire continues to remain active as the third-largest wildfire in Colorado’s history at 126,251 acres and 42 percent containment. Park officials closed the trailhead at Chapin Pass and a number of trails on Monday out of an “abundance of caution” due to…
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See 20 shooting stars per hour during October meteor shower visible above Colorado
October is sure to be a spectacular month for stargazers with multiple astronomical events set to take place, including a meteor show that will send many shooting stars across the night sky. Orionid meteor shower will start taking place above Colorado Friday, lasting through Nov. 7. According to the AccuWeather, the shower will peak at 20…
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Smoke chokes Front Range from large wildfires in northern Colorado, Wyoming
A blanket of haze settled across the Front Range Wednesday afternoon as winds spread ash and smoke across the region from the Cameron Peak fire in northern Colorado and the Mullen fire just north of the Wyoming border. Despite cooler temperatures and decreasing winds, the Cameron Peak fire was only 30% contained Wednesday after having…
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Coloradans now required to quarantine if traveling to New York
Colorado was added to New York’s travel advisory on Tuesday, requiring 14 days of quarantine for any Coloradan traveling to the Empire State. This also imposes fines of up to $2,000 for out-of-staters who fail to comply with mandatory airport checkpoints and tracing forms. “We’re serious about enforcing quarantine,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned…