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Vail Resorts announces target opening dates for Colorado ski resorts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vail Resorts on Wednesday announced target dates for opening some of Colorado’s premier ski destinations. That includes Keystone Resort, one of the state’s first ski areas to open. Mid-October is the aim for the owning…
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Coloradans are flocking to ‘America’s highest fried chicken’ | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ALMA • The bearded, long-haired, tattooed man behind America’s proclaimed highest fried chicken in terms of altitude — and also maybe Colorado’s hottest in terms of recent popularity — is wearing a baggy shirt and sweats and sandals as he dashes up the road to…
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Top Colorado destination launches ‘Wildflower Watch’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Planning your next trip for Colorado wildflowers? The tourism office at one of the state’s top destinations is here to help. In partnership with local naturalists, Breckenridge Tourism Office this season launched Breckenridge Wildflower Watch. Take it from one of those naturalists, who speaks in…
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10th Circuit judge speaks about annual ski retreats with clerks, ‘swag’ from 20th anniversary
Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, a member of the federal appeals court based in Denver, spoke last month about his 20-year tradition of taking ski trips with his clerks — some of whom have since become judges themselves — and about the ski-themed gifts they created for him in that time. “We had, I think, something like 60 or…
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6 great hikes to alpine lakes in Colorado
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For the sturdy explorer in Colorado, the rarified air of 14,000 feet might be the ultimate reward after a hard hike. Or it might be the refreshing, super-scenic shore of an alpine lake. The waters appear like jewels on a map, sapphires tucked high in the mountains. And indeed, you’ll have to earn them. Here…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
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FRIDAY One of the most unique annual events during National Western Stock Show for 78 years: the Grand Champion Steer walks the red carpet through the lobby of Denver’s regal Brown Palace Hotel just in time for high tea. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Reservations for free general admission. A VIP viewing and barbeque luncheon $150.…
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‘Your bar away from home’: Colorado’s Moose Jaw celebrates 50 years
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FRISCO • A couple exits the Moose Jaw, but not before thanking Mama Moose. Lynda Colety rises to hug the man and woman as they go. “Oh, it was so great seeing you. Come here!” Regulars, it would seem. “Nah,” Colety says. “They just stopped by for the first time.” So it goes at the…
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Music, art, wildflowers, beer and livestock: Five Colorado festivals to watch this week
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aspen Music Festival and School The “Paris, City of Light”-themed 70th season, with more than 400 events, runs through Aug. 19. Nearly 1,000 musicians gather in Aspen each summer, along with 630 music students and…