Tag: palisade
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April freeze leaves some Western Slope farmers without a crop
On April 17, a spring freeze wreaked havoc on the orchards across Colorado’s Western Slope, resulting in nearly complete crop loss in Delta County and severely damaging fruit on smaller, less well-equipped farms in Palisade. April snows and freezes aren’t uncommon on the Western Slope, with the National Weather Service reporting that the average last…
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April freeze leaves some Western Slope farmers without a crop
On April 17, a spring freeze wreaked havoc on the orchards across Colorado’s Western Slope, resulting in nearly complete crop loss in Delta County and severely damaging fruit on smaller, less well-equipped farms in Palisade. April snows and freezes aren’t uncommon on the Western Slope, with the National Weather Service reporting that the average last…
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April freeze leaves some Western Slope farmers without a crop
On April 17, a spring freeze wreaked havoc on the orchards across Colorado’s Western Slope, resulting in nearly complete crop loss in Delta County and severely damaging fruit on smaller, less well-equipped farms in Palisade. April snows and freezes aren’t uncommon on the Western Slope, with the National Weather Service reporting that the average last…
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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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Go-to float trips for views and urban spoils around Colorado
While we earn our Colorado stripes by roaring through whitewater rapids, there’s nothing wrong with taking the slow lane once in a while. Nothing says summer like a relaxing float. But that can all too often be an ideal vision. “Floating” can turn to “rollicking” for the unprepared. Before dropping in, one should be aware…
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Mountain biking dreams soon to be realized on highly anticipated trail in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Construction has finished on one of Colorado’s most-hyped trails in recent memory. (Video provided by Singletrack Trails, https://www.singletracktrails.com/palisade-plunge) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “LIFE | A look at the ‘Palisade Plunge’ mountain bike trail”, “description”: “Construction has finished on one of Colorado’s most-hyped trails…
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Mountain biking dreams soon to be realized on highly anticipated trail in Colorado
Construction has finished on one of Colorado’s most-hyped trails in recent memory. But mountain bikers will have to dream a little longer about the Palisade Plunge. While contractor Singletrack Trails recently proclaimed the “crazy, agonizing, tedious, borderline impossible journey” complete, the timing pairs with what will be the annual seasonal closure for wildlife from December…
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Homegrown: Preview
Here’s a teaser for an upcoming series on Colorado’s legendary produce and the state’s iconic peaches, melons, corn, and chiles.