Tag: camping
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Fun Guide: Campgrounds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save – Amphitheatre, Ouray: This treasure in the San Juan Range is not expected to open until the last weekend of June, but it’s definitely one to consider in late summer. Situated high above the town…
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Warm winter camping: Find a yurt with a view
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GUNNISON NATIONAL FOREST • The cold never stops invading, kept at bay only by the constantly burning wood stove. The World War II-era metal bunks creak at every muscle twitch. Smoke from the stove reddens…
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You don’t need reservations to enjoy a camping weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Want to go camping this weekend, but haven’t made reservations? Don’t despair. There are campsites to be had, but you’ll have to pack your patience and sense of adventure: Available sites at public campgrounds are…
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Hectic week? Mountain lakes are a great stress-reliever
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST After a heart-wrenching week in Colorado Springs — heat, fire, destruction, smoky air — we needed an escape. We settled on a place that sure seemed promising: Lakes of the Clouds.…
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Soak it in: Your guide to the hot springs of Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PAGOSA SPRINGS • No matter the source of your exhaustion — a day on the trail or just a day of living — nothing soothes weary muscles like a soak in a natural hot springs.…
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California’s Coronado named nation’s best beach
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CORONADO, Calif. — Like a Hollywood star, Coronado’s 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That’s one of the reasons why Coronado — flanked by the iconic hotel…
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Garden of the Gods Campground sold to Tenn. company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Garden of the Gods Campground near Manitou Springs has been sold to a Memphis, Tenn.-based company as part of its expansion into the Western U.S. with a chain of outdoor and recreational vehicle resorts.…
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OUT THERE: Wet Mountain wilderness offers solitude
GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS • Five minutes into the hike, I knew I shouldn’t have come. Not here. Not now. In a few more weeks, the wooded slopes of the behemoth known as Greenhorn Mountain will be panorama of colors, perhaps the best aspen hike within an hour and 15 minutes of Colorado Springs – and…
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Buffalo Peaks: Where the crowds don’t roam
UNVISITED COLORADO: This story is part of a series about off-the-beaten-track parts of Colorado that are worth a visit. Buffalo Peaks Wilderness • “High potential for solitude.”That’s what the U.S. Forest Service says about the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness in Park County, a landscape of humped peaks, lush rolling meadows surrounded by lodgepole pines and hard-tumbling…
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CAMPING: What you should really be afraid of
Let’s face it, spending a night out in the woods is kind of … scary. It’s dark out there. It’s lonely. Big creatures with sharp teeth and no regard for social norms lurk in the shadows. Who hasn’t felt the hairs on the back of his or her neck stand up at the cold feeling…