Tag: north slope recreation area
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Draft plan reimagines recreation around popular Pikes Peak reservoirs
Colorado Springs Utilities has published a draft plan reimagining recreation around scenic reservoirs on Pikes Peak ー what some see as setting the stage for a greater destination, while others worry about losing beloved trail connections. David Deitemeyer, the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks senior administrator, is among locals who have long seen North…
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Draft plan reimagines recreation around popular Pikes Peak reservoirs
Colorado Springs Utilities has published a draft plan reimagining recreation around scenic reservoirs on Pikes Peak ー what some see as setting the stage for a greater destination, while others worry about losing beloved trail connections. David Deitemeyer, the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks senior administrator, is among locals who have long seen North…
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Draft plan reimagines recreation around popular Pikes Peak reservoirs
Colorado Springs Utilities has published a draft plan reimagining recreation around scenic reservoirs on Pikes Peak ー what some see as setting the stage for a greater destination, while others worry about losing beloved trail connections. David Deitemeyer, the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks senior administrator, is among locals who have long seen North…
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Pikes Peak recreation area could see changes under ongoing review
Trails, commercial permitting and recreation management around popular reservoirs on Pikes Peak are under a review recently launched by Colorado Springs Utilities. The agency has posted an online survey, gauging enthusiast’s interests and ideas for the future of North Slope Recreation Area. That’s the area of three reservoirs off the Pikes Peak Highway: Crystal Creek…
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Colorado Springs officials holding two meetings this week about recreational impacts on north slope watershed for Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs Utilities is conducting a review to examine recreational impacts to the watershed and the three drinking-water reservoirs in the North Slope Recreation Area on Pikes Peak and is asking for community feedback. Officials announced two public meetings and a survey to collect opinions from recreationists, who will help inform the impacts on on existing…
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Pikes Peak’s scenic South Slope opening for season — with changes
This summer presents a rare opportunity to enjoy a rarely-visited side of Pikes Peak. South Slope Recreation Area opened for the summer on May 29 — welcoming back permit-holding sightseers, hikers and anglers who come for the remote, trout-teeming fisheries reached at the end of a rugged drive outside Victor. The experience will be different…
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Why access remains restricted at this ‘amazing gem’ in Colorado — despite it opening to the public 10 years ago
The scene comes back to Mary Burger like a dream: crystal-clear waters tucked between stream-lined meadows and forests and Pikes Peak’s granite shoulders, rising and falling around this glacier-carved basin above 10,000 feet. This is Pikes Peak’s south slope, where Burger led volunteers a lifetime ago as a founder of nonprofit Friends of the Peak.…
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Why access remains restricted at this ‘amazing gem’ in Colorado — despite it opening to the public 10 years ago
The scene comes back to Mary Burger like a dream: crystal-clear waters tucked between stream-lined meadows and forests and Pikes Peak’s granite shoulders, rising and falling around this glacier-carved basin above 10,000 feet. This is Pikes Peak’s south slope, where Burger led volunteers a lifetime ago as a founder of nonprofit Friends of the Peak.…
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Less-explored waters high on Pikes Peak set to open for season
A hidden chain of lakes high on Pikes Peak is set to open for the season. The gate is expected to be lifted June 13 at South Slope Recreation Area. That’s the remote, high-altitude area that opened 10 years ago to fanfare among anglers, hikers and mountain bikers who long sought the reservoirs tightly guarded…