Tag: denver mountain parks
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A woolly dilemma: Tourism, road salts and wildlife collide on Mount Blue Sky
One summer day in 2020, Stefan Ekernas and a fellow researcher were driving up Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway in a Toyota RAV4 when they spotted bighorn sheep in the near distance. The herd ran to the road. “We had to come to a stop not to hit them,” Ekernas recalls. “They were frantically licking.…
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‘Iconic mountain landscape’ outside Denver adds 167 acres of previously private land
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Formerly private property has joined an iconic mosaic of public land in the mountains beyond Denver. The 167 acres are being called the Elk-Bergen property — so named for Jefferson County Open Space’s Elk Meadow Park and Denver Mountain Parks’ Bergen Peak. The acquisition “represents…
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‘Iconic mountain landscape’ outside Denver adds 167 acres of previously private land
The acquisition creates 4,000-plus acres of conservation area
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His family has been called the first in Colorado tourism. Can the legacy last?
The Colorado man who has famously spent his life selling souvenirs keeps a few of his own. “This is one. Look at this thing!” Bill Carle remarks, holding up a thing that is difficult to discern, until several blackened, silver charms become clear. Tiny, collectible wagons, burros, bighorn sheep, pine cones and more were burnt…
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Ahead of another closed summer, uncertainties remain for Colorado’s Echo Lake Lodge
A Colorado mountainside lodge loved for generations will be closed for a second straight summer, with no signs of reopening anytime soon. Denver Mountain Parks previously laid out closure plans for Echo Lake Lodge through 2025. Those plans could last longer, as the owning agency continues to learn more about the state of the 98-year-old…