Tag: colorado trail
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Squeeze a late fall exploration into the Sawatch mountains | Take a Hike
The CT Series is a special series of hiking articles about the Colorado Trail (CT) that runs from May through October. The CT is a unique and well maintained continuous trail, spanning 485 miles from Denver to Durango. The Colorado Mountain Club Guidebook to the Colorado Trail is an indispensable tool for planning and executing…
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Squeeze a late fall exploration into the Sawatch mountains | Take a Hike
The CT Series is a special series of hiking articles about the Colorado Trail (CT) that runs from May through October. The CT is a unique and well maintained continuous trail, spanning 485 miles from Denver to Durango. The Colorado Mountain Club Guidebook to the Colorado Trail is an indispensable tool for planning and executing…
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Hostel on Monarch Pass provides space for thru-hikers
Shane Corrigan founded The Butterfly House out of a passion for travel, the outdoors, and connecting with fellow adventurers after years of living on the road. In the summer, it serves as a hostel for thru hikers and bikers on the Colorado and Continental Divide Trails, offering amenities like showers, laundry, and Wi-Fi. During the…
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are…
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are we most thankful for across this state’s great outdoors? It’s…
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The Colorado Trail at 50: A 500 mile journey across the state
The Colorado Trail, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, spans 500 miles through Colorado’s forests, mountain passes, and historic towns, showcasing some of the state’s most iconic landscapes. With an average elevation above 10,000 feet, the trail presents hikers, bikers, and equestrians with rugged terrain, unpredictable weather, and the physical demands of high-altitude travel. This…
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A dive into vaunted speed records across Colorado’s outdoors
Joseph DeMoor has a confession to make. He knows it sounds silly, but he likes to see his name listed on the first page of fastestknowntime.com/athletes. There are, at last check, 487 pages you could scroll through — names listed with their number of fastest known times, or FKTs, as the rather obscure records are…
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Wander Women are former Colorado Springs residents who gave up regular life to hike, bike, kayak
Retirement has been sweet for the Wander Women. After saying goodbye to the old 9-to-5 in 2015, three former Colorado Springs residents didn’t sink back into the couch with a box of bonbons and their daytime stories and call it a day. Partners Kristy Burns and Annette Demel and their friend Lynn Edmiston sold everything…