Tag: camping
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Colorado man missing after weekend camping trip; search ongoing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Searchers are looking for a 43-year-old Craig man who is overdue from a camping trip. Scott Burke was supposed to return home Saturday, “but no one has seen or heard from him since he left…
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Rocky Mountain National Park set to raise fees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK — Visitors to Rocky Mountain National Park will have to fork over extra cash this week when fee increases take effect. The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports (http://noconow.co/1JzzwZd ) that the park…
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Forest Service sets limits on Rainbow gathering
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAGUACHE — Federal officials are keeping a wary eye on a gathering of about 300 people known as the Rainbow Family of Living Light in the Rio Grande National Forest. The Rainbow Family is a…
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Bear encounters shut down campground near Aspen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Crater Lake, a popular backcountry campground on the heavily traveled Four-Pass Loop near Aspen, will be closed for the rest of the year because of bear activity. Wildlife officers this week will attempt to drive…
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Pack the car: Sixteen quality places to camp in and around Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s the season of wanderlust, but the snow has yet to melt from the high country. While it’s a bit early to begin your backcountry adventures, there is perhaps no better time to hit the…
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Going ‘Wild’ on your first long hike? Consider your feet
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A big, bad pair of hiking boots and the bloody hurt they inflicted on Cheryl Strayed’s feet were co-stars in her book “Wild,” as they were for Reese Witherspoon in the popular movie adaptation that…
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Happy 100th
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rocky Mountain National Park – At 10,200 feet, Loch Vale is frozen solid and wind and snow fill a place of austere beauty. This lake in a towering canyon normally draws a crowd, but on…
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Dandy dozen: These 12 state parks are the most popular for camping – and it is easy to see why
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Call it the wisdom of crowds. In Colorado’s state parks, 12 locations dominate when it comes to camping – packing enough attractions to draw visitors by the thousands. While those seeking tranquility might want to…
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Camping in comfort possible thanks to planning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the joke goes, camping is the art of getting back to nature and as far as possible from the things invented to make nature more tenable. You know, stuff such as antibiotics and lumbar…
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Camping: Fear not, it’s become easy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Urbanites nostalgic about childhood camping trips – or wanting to try tent camping for the first time – often are daunted by logistical challenges, such as figuring out where to go and what to bring,…