Tag: colorado outdoors
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Monarch Mountain to close ski resort early amid historic low snowpack
A historically low snowpack has caused Monarch Mountain and other Colorado ski areas to close their slopes ahead of schedule. This week will be skiers’ last chance to recreate on Monarch Mountain this season, with a closing day set for Sunday, according to the mountain’s Facebook page. The ski area had hoped to stay open…
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Ouray faces economic hit thanks to Mother Nature
Peter O’Neil knew that the Ouray Ice Park would have a rough year after the first week of December. Following Thanksgiving weekend, a solid layer of farmed ice sheets formed along the sides of Uncompahgre Gorge. Days later, the southwest Colorado town hit 50 degrees — an uncommonly warm temperature for December. O’Neil, executive director…
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Popular Colorado mountain pass closed after Kia Telluride SUV gets stuck near Telluride
Black Bear Road in southwestern Colorado is closed indefinitely because of a vehicle that is “teetering off the edge” of the popular high-altitude mountain pass, San Miguel County authorities said. A man from South Carolina drove up the pass east of Telluride in a white Kia Telluride – yes, that’s SUV’s make and model –…
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Draft guidelines for allowing Colorado concerts, outdoor events released
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To many Coloradans, summer means concert season. Fear not, concerts may go on, along with fairs, receptions, and other outdoor events, despite the recent interruptions due to the COVID-19 shutdown. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment recently released a draft of guidelines that…
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Draft guidelines for allowing Colorado concerts, outdoor events released
To many Coloradans, summer means concert season. Fear not, concerts may go on, along with fairs, receptions, and other outdoor events, despite the recent interruptions due to the COVID-19 shutdown. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment recently released a draft of guidelines that may be used when the time comes to allow outdoor…
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Polis relaxes more coronavirus rules, adding outdoors to safer-at-home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hand washing turned into a stay-at-home order, then stay-at-home turned to Safer at Home. On Monday Gov. Jared Polis moved Colorado to the longest title yet: “Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors.” “Colorado has millions of acres of accessible federal land, municipal…
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Polis relaxes more coronavirus rules, adding outdoors to safer-at-home
Hand washing turned into a stay-at-home order, then stay-at-home turned to Safer at Home. On Monday Gov. Jared Polis moved Colorado to the longest title yet: “Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors.” “Colorado has millions of acres of accessible federal land, municipal parks, State parks, State and county open space, and other…