Tag: northern colorado
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Northern Colorado trail celebrated as ‘final link in a 50-year vision’
A trail dream has come true in northern Colorado. A celebration is set for 9 a.m. June 13 at Timnath Community Park, close to a new stretch of concrete being called “the final link in a 50-year vision.” Indeed, the Poudre River Trail dates back to the 1970s, when Fort Collins officials broke ground on…
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Safeway to close 2 stores in Colorado Springs, 10 in state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Safeway stores in Colorado Springs will close before the end of the year. They are part of a larger, statewide closure which will see 10 stores close, according to information provided by Safeway to…
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes. Officers are expected to do just that sometime next year, out on a sweeping ranch near Lamar. This is where they…
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes. Officers are expected to do just that sometime next year, out on a sweeping ranch near Lamar. This is where they…
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Colorado town to love in winter: Walden
In this internet age where nothing is secret, where Colorado’s wonders can’t hide from social media, how can a hidden gem stay hidden? Perhaps, for one, by the limits of geography. Take the geography around Walden, for example. The Front Range masses might arrive to this northern Colorado hamlet via the long, winding drive through…
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Drink in Colorado’s latest boozy craze at these 8 cideries
Along with hopes and dreams, some of Colorado’s pioneers carried apple seeds. There was Arthur Gypsum of Greeley, credited with an apple orchard in the early 1870s that helped the northern Front Range become known as “the fruit basket of the West.” The state was said to be one of America’s top apple producers, thanks…
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Fee coming to popular winter destination in Colorado
A new fee will be imposed at a popular destination for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in northern Colorado. Vehicles will be charged $10 to park at the Brainard Gateway trailhead, the starting point to Brainard Lake, at the edge of Indian Peaks Wilderness outside Boulder County. Fees will be required starting Nov. 15. Meanwhile, this…
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Tours set for new ‘crown jewel’ open space in northern Colorado
People will soon get a first look at an open space described as a “crown jewel” in northern Colorado. That’s how Larimer County’s Department of Natural Resources has described Canyon Edge Open Space, so named for the 1,547 acres at the edge of the Big Thompson Canyon. The historically private ranch was referred to as…
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New trail to connect shores of popular reservoir in northern Colorado
An anticipated trail touring a popular reservoir in northern Colorado is close to complete. Larimer County is calling it the Bay to Bay Trail — a 1.8-mile path connecting two go-to areas at Horsetooth Reservoir, Inlet Bay and South Bay. A news release announcing recent construction described the trail wrapping around the southern peninsula of Inlet…
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Northern Colorado natural area expanding as part of 3,500-acre vision
An area for conservation and recreation is growing in northern Colorado, helping to realize a long-term goal of local land managers. The 140-acre addition to Prairie Ridge Natural Area “represents the final piece in a 25-year effort creating a 3,500-acre separator between Loveland and Fort Collins,” read a recent announcement from Great Outdoors Colorado. That…