Tag: new years eve
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AA’s Alcothon shows how New Year’s Eve celebration can be fun without booze
For some revelers, celebrating New Year’s Eve without an adult beverage in hand may seem like Santa arriving with an empty sleigh, but for more than 60 years, one local group has been hosting an alcohol-free bash to rival any event that marks the advancement of time. The Colorado Springs Area Service Office of Alcoholics…
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Colorado Springs Philharmonic rings in the New Year with ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ concert
A new music director, the return of a highly popular pianist and one of the most famous pieces of American piano music are just some of the highlights of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve show on Tuesday and Wednesday. And, of course, there will be balloons. Lots and lots of balloons. The annual…
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Monument man is new AdAmAn Club member, joining tradition of New Year’s Eve fireworks on Pikes Peak
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Britt Jones faced a dilemma. “My problem right now is twofold,” the Monument man said. One: A surgery is scheduled for January to repair a meniscus he evidently retore hiking another 14,000-foot mountain, Quandary Peak. As the new member of the AdAmAn Club — the annual selection is a tradition spanning 100 years — Jones,…
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Fireworks forecast: Partly cloudy in Colorado Springs for New Year’s Eve night
The AdAmAn Club is set to launch fireworks off the top of Pikes Peak tonight at 9 p.m. and then again at midnight to ring in 2023. But will the clouds get in the way of the two shows happening tonight? Paul Steward, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo, says there’s a…
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LIFE | Colorado Springs man climbs Manitou Incline 1,000 times in year
On New Year’s Eve, Christel Aime became the third person to record 1,000 laps in a year on the Manitou Incline, up and down the mountain-spanning staircase gaining more than 2,000 feet in less than a mile. (Video by Seth Boster)
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New Year’s Eve fireworks on Pikes Peak come on AdAmAn Club’s 100th trek up the mountain
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The weather conditions at the summit of Pikes Peak are expected to be dismal on New Year’s Eve, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures are expected to approach -8 degrees, with moderate snow up to 2.8 inches with winds reaching 25 mph. None of this matters to the 34 men and women of the…
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LIFE | First woman in 10 years joins AdAmAn Club’s historic roster
Priscilla Clayton is the first woman in 10 years to join the historic AdAmAn Club. She’s set to lead the famous New Year’s Eve trek up Pikes Peak light fireworks from the summit at midnight. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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NEWS | Early look at New Year’s Eve fireworks on Pikes Peak
An early look at the New Year’s Eve fireworks atop Pikes Peak.
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PHOTOS: Annual AdAmAn Pikes Peak kicks off with a 2020 twist
The annual AdAmAn hiking club’s climb up Pikes Peak on New Year’s Eve looked a little different this year due to COVID-19 safety precautions, switching up a tradition that is nearly 100 years old, and turning a normally two-day trip into a single-day trek. Instead of one large group of hikers making a two day…
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New Year’s Eve fireworks atop Pikes Peak: What to know
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