Tag: life
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Whiskey collection is one of a kind at famed Colorado hotel
ESTES PARK • In the lower level of one of Colorado’s most famous hotels, at the end of a hallway across from a secret tunnel, strangers sit around a narrow table in a narrow, warmly lit room. A host stands at the head of the table. “We’re gonna have some fun,” he says. The whiskey…
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When will Colorado’s ski season kick off? A look at 20 years of opening dates
Snow has fallen across Colorado’s high country, and temperatures have been cold enough for some ski resorts to fire snow guns and start building up bases. The race to open is on. Arapahoe Basin has regularly kicked off the state’s ski season and won bragging rights. Keystone has joined the race in recent years, thanks…
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Contemplating the future of Avenger Open Space west of Colorado Springs
What should and should not be allowed in a new open space west of Colorado Springs? This is the question of professionals preparing a conservation easement for Avenger Open Space in the forest bordering Woodland Park. The city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is hosting an open house starting at 5 p.m. Oct. 15 at…
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Master plan outlines big additions for little ski area in Colorado
One of Colorado’s favorite little ski areas is dreaming big. Near Leadville, Ski Cooper is looking to its opening day scheduled for Dec. 10 while also looking deeper into the future. This offseason, operators submitted a master development plan to the U.S. Forest Service — a detailed set of proposals that would vastly grow Cooper’s…
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A colorful, picture-perfect journey across Colorado’s mountain passes
Last weekend, near the peak of fall colors in Colorado’s central mountains, reports out of Georgetown were of standstill traffic and cars being turned away. The season has come with heightened enforcement around Guanella Pass, where officials have worried about safety amid the surge of Front Range leaf peepers. Meanwhile, The Gazette’s Christian Murdock was…
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Implant device a ‘game-changer’ for Colorado Springs-area epileptic mom
When explaining to her 3-year-old son about the implanted device that helps control her epileptic seizures, Aly Bukoski compares herself to a robot. “When he is a little older, I’ll explain it in a little more detail,” said Bukoski, a mother of two. “For right now, I tell him that I’m kind of like a…
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Simulation center helps prepare Colorado Springs nursing students
The simulation is fake. but the tears are real. The grief is palpable in the faux hospital room at the Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences Simulation Learning Center at University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Two nursing students comfort Jacob Hacker, a local actor playing the role of Eric, and his mother, Sophia,…
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Fall is prime time for adventure in western Colorado’s Grand Valley
When the temperatures drop, the appeal of far western Colorado rises. While the summer heat might keep us away from the desert around Grand Junction, fall is a cool, refreshing invitation to that grand terrain. This is, indeed, the Grand Valley — known as a “land of plenty” for the plentiful fruit that grows here. …
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Happy Trails: A loop through serene paradise in Colorado Springs
Rim Trail, Red Rock Canyon Open Space There are many sides to Red Rock Canyon Open Space, one of Colorado Springs’ premier outdoor destinations. The side less-traveled is a fine place from which to start. That’s the side east of the main entrance along U.S. 24, the side with the trailhead hiding off 31st Street,…
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The legacy and loss of Colorado’s once-mighty glaciers
High in the Indian Peaks Wilderness beyond her home in Boulder, Millie Spencer has been venturing to an extreme, jagged place of rock and ice. “Especially since I became obsessed with this idea of watching its decline,” she said. Like others before her, the Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado-Boulder has been drawn to…