Tag: fishers peak
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A checklist of 20 great (non-14er) summits on Colorado’s Front Range
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just because you set your sights lower than 14,000 feet doesn’t mean you’re setting a low bar. No, these aren’t the highest mountains on Colorado’s Front Range. But they could be called just as quintessential…
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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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Iconic summit trail in southern Colorado making summer debut
A trail to the top of an iconic mountain in southern Colorado is about to open for its first summer. Starting Aug. 1, the seasonal closure for raptor nesting on Fishers Peak’s upper cliffs will lift — granting hikers access to the chimney-like summit looming 9,600 feet over Trinidad. The summit trail debuted late last fall,…
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PHOTOS: New trails open at Fishers Peak State Park
In October, eleven miles of new trails were opened at Fishers Peak State Park in Trinidad, Colo. Gazette reporter Seth Boster and photographer Parker Seibold explored a large section of the newly opened trails on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2022. Here’s what they saw.
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5 Colorado towns where history lives — and what to see and do while you’re there
Breckenridge Claim to fame: Gold was discovered along the Blue River in 1859, attracting waves of people who would create Breck as we know it today. In 1887, a 13 1/2-pound gold nugget was unearthed, considered the largest of its kind ever in Colorado. Today: The town revolves around the ski resort, with plenty to…
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PHOTOS: Fishers Peak becomes Colorado’s 42nd state park
Colorado got its 42nd state park earlier today when Governor Jared Polis opened up the park up to the public with a special ceremony at the site of the park near Trinidad. The park is the second largest in the state and will offer hiking opportunities, limited hunting access and cattle grazing through a partnership…