Colorado Springs Gazette

Flower power: Colorado’s beauty blooms bright in the mountains

Updated 1 month ago

Coming off a dry spring and record-low snowpack, it remains to be seen how Colorado’s wildflowers will be affected. Peak blooms typically occur in July...

High in the sky: Rare air awaits atop state’s tallest peaks

Updated 1 month ago

No 14,000-foot peak could be called easy. As we heard once from Colorado Fourteeners Initiative executive director Lloyd Athearn: “Understand that these are extremely high...

This red rock wonderland hides behind a hogback near Denver

Updated 2 months ago

Around Denver, people know Red Rocks Amphitheatre. They know the red rocks of Roxborough State Park. They know the related, similarly aged Flatirons in Boulder...

Rarefied air: 8 zip lines to ride in Colorado’s mountains

Updated 2 months ago

The best view of Colorado? Some swear it’s from the seat of a harness, somewhere high dangling from steel cables, where the mountains meet adrenaline....

Troubled waters: An uncertain rafting season gets underway in Colorado

Updated 2 months ago

On the last day of May, along the Arkansas River that he has been paddling for 30-plus years, Mike Harvey found himself in a kayak...

Northern Colorado trail celebrated as ‘final link in a 50-year vision’ 

Updated 2 months ago

A trail dream has come true in northern Colorado.  A celebration is set for 9 a.m. June 13 at Timnath Community Park, close to a...

Happy Trails: A loop through splendor of Palmer Park in Colorado Springs

Updated 2 months ago

Kinnikinnick Loop Near the center of Colorado Springs, between some of the city’s busiest corridors, a road escapes into a rugged and colorful mosaic of...

PHOTOS: Outside Days Kicks Off Opening Night with Death Cab for Cutie

Updated 2 months ago

Some of Colorado’s biggest musicians have humble beginnings at Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Updated 3 months ago

The festival’s newcomer contests have impressive alumni In 2007, Gregory Alan Isakov was looking for a way to fund a trip to the Telluride Bluegrass...

Vision shaping for long-sought bike path off scenic, deadly highway in Colorado

Updated 3 months ago

In Boulder, local and visiting cyclists have long sought a dedicated path away from the popular but dangerous shoulders of a highway through scenic, hilly...

Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway reopening for visitors eager to return after closure

Updated 3 months ago

After nearly two years away, Coloradans will return to one of the state’s most scenic roads Memorial Day weekend.  Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway is...

Colorado mountain town launching wildflower festival, hoping for blooms and summer boon

Updated 3 months ago

Come July, Crested Butte Wildflower Festival will celebrate 40 years ー a colorful tradition that has contributed to the town’s reputation as “the Wildflower Capital...