Author: Christian Murdock
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Video: Powder day at Loveland
Loveland ski area received 11 inches of snow Monday. Gazette photographer Christian Murdock takes a snowboard run on Chair 2 with the fresh powder.
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Veterans honored with parade
When retired Air Force Col. Skip Morgan returned from Vietnam more than four decades ago, the reception he received was hurtful and cold. Protesters awaited him and his comrades at the San Francisco International Airport, Morgan said. “It wasn’t a great welcome,” he said. “You kind of closed your eyes and thought, ‘In a little…
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While local Summit County ski legend Nate Dogggg stood first in the lift line Sunday morning at the base of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Boulder’s Jake Burns waited first in another line inside the ski area’s lodge. Burns was queued up for one of 300 personal beer mugs that will hang above the lodge’s 6th…
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Boulder blocking Barr Trail
The U.S. Forest Service is looking at options to deal with a large boulder that is currently blocking the Barr Trail above the 13th switchback on the front side of Rocky Mountain. The boulder came to rest on the trail during last month’s storms. Lauren May, front, and Kara McArdell of Colorado Springs climb Friday,…
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Cleveland full of fun things to see, do
Cleveland. Why would anyone go to Cleveland? I was asked that a thousand times before I boarded that Boeing 737 bound for northeast Ohio. My excuse was simple. I was photographing a wedding. And being a lover of music, I had to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. To my surprise,…
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Fruita continues to grow as mountain biking mecca
FRUITA • Four trails built in the past year, another coming this summer and more in the planning stages — this mountain biking paradise built by mountain bikers isn’t settling in the desert dust. MoJoe’s is the latest trail to be constructed. The route, finished this spring in the Bookcliffs/18 Road area just north of…
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Split personality: Converting your old snowboard to a splitboard
Converting your old snowboard into a splitboard isn’t a difficult process. And once you’re finished, you will have added a new toy and likely saved more than $500 in the process. Tools you will need• Circular saw with carbide tip blade• Drill and drill bits:1/8-, 3/16-, 19/64- and 3/4-inch wood paddle bits, 82 degree countersink…
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CSTV: Interview with the Haunted Windchimes
They started like every band does: in small venues playing for friends and waiting for the day they could quit their day jobs. These days, though, the Haunted Windchimes are more than hometown heroes. The tight-knit group — Inaiah Lujan, Sean Fanning, Mike Clark, Chela Lujan and Desirae Garcia — are on something of a…
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National music festival pays off for Colorado band
Thirty-six hours after stepping off an airplane, Daniel Rodriguez and Dango Rose snaked through the crowded bar of Austin’s historic Driskill Hotel. The Colorado musicians had just finished their third performance in less than two days in the Texas capital and rushed downtown to see the band MilkDrive perform in the upscale 1880s hotel. As…
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National music festival pays off for Colorado band
Thirty-six hours after stepping off an airplane, Daniel Rodriguez and Dango Rose snaked through the crowded bar of Austin’s historic Driskill Hotel. The Colorado musicians had just finished their third performance in less than two days in the Texas capital and rushed downtown to see the band MilkDrive perform in the upscale 1880s hotel. As…