Author: Seth Boster
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Trails to take shape in Lost Canyon between Denver, Colorado Springs
Work is underway to open a highly anticipated outdoor destination between Denver and Colorado Springs. Castle Rock’s Town Council recently approved a contract for trail construction in Lost Canyon Ranch Open Space — an approval that also came with a unanimous vote on a master and management plan. The plan had been in the works…
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A ‘Secret Bookshop’ and a Colorado Springs man’s unending hunger for history
FOUNTAIN • The little block of a building with barred windows beside a used car lot gives no indication of the treasures kept inside. “We’ve still gotta redo the sign out front,” says Bob DeWitt, motioning to the old sign for a gun shop. Perhaps fittingly, there is no sign for the “Home of the…
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Gear up and save at ski swap coming to Colorado Springs, Denver
In Denver and Colorado Springs, there’s a new way to gear up for ski season — and save money. That’s the stated aim of Rocky Mountain Ski Swaps, the Utah-based venture that expanded to Denver last year. Before the Denver Ski Swap on Nov. 14-15 at the Jeffco Fairgrounds, a two-day sale of new and…
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Colorado Springs state park could grow by 473 acres under proposal
Before formerly private land was acquired in 2000 to create Cheyenne Mountain State Park, there was a day of lobbying. A day when Colorado Springs Parks Department officials showed Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials around the property in hopes of a partnership. The city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) sales tax-based fund had been…
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Colorado Springs state park could grow by 473 acres under proposal
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Before formerly private land was acquired in 2000 to create Cheyenne Mountain State Park, there was a day of lobbying. A day when Colorado Springs Parks Department officials showed Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials around the property in hopes of a partnership. The city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) sales tax-based fund had been…
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Colorado’s biggest fan explores sites famous, forgotten and weird
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It was nothing. It was everything. It was one morning 11 years ago. Heath Gay woke in his Colorado Springs home. He was not yet 40 at the time. “I had a growth on my forehead,” he says. “By the end of the day, it doubled in size. … I was freaking out.” So much…
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Colorado’s biggest fan explores sites famous, forgotten and weird
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It was nothing. It was everything. It was one morning 11 years ago. Heath Gay woke in his Colorado Springs home. He was not yet 40 at the time. “I had a growth on my forehead,” he says. “By the end of the day, it doubled in size. … I was freaking out.” So much…
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Major Colorado ski resort moves closer to proposed upgrades
Breckenridge Ski Resort is one step closer to revamping one of its busiest base areas. After about a year of analysis, the U.S. Forest Service this offseason approved upgrades envisioned at Peak 9. That includes a new gondola rising out of the Maggie base area, a new learning zone to be reached from that gondola…
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Meeting to discuss future of popular reservoirs on Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs Utilities has scheduled a meeting to discuss the future of beloved waters on Pikes Peak. Off the Pikes Peak Highway, North Slope Recreation Area encompasses North and South Catamount and Crystal Creek reservoirs – what Utilities calls “essential to the city’s water supply system.” Protecting these drinking water sources while serving anglers, paddlers,…