Tag: pikes peak outdoor recreation alliance
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Collaboration is key for Colorado Springs’, Pikes Peak region’s ‘destination success’: Panel
Colorado Springs’ and the Pikes Peak region’s overall success depend on effective collaboration across local tourism sectors, not only benefiting the millions of people who visit the region every year but also the residents who call Olympic City USA and its surrounding communities home. A panel of local experts in destination, sports and outdoor tourism…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages,…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages,…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages, called the Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative Vision Plan. After more than three years of meetings in El Paso, Teller and…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages, called the Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative Vision Plan. After more…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages, called the Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative Vision Plan. After more than three years of meetings in El Paso, Teller and…
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It’s been a complicated era of recreation on Pikes Peak. Is a new era on the horizon?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One morning last week, Cory Sutela was driving from Colorado Springs to Denver to present a trail project seeking funds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The trail, back in his home Pikes Peak region, had been built around a private development close to Pike National…
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It’s been a complicated era of recreation on Pikes Peak. Is a new era on the horizon?
One morning last week, Cory Sutela was driving from Colorado Springs to Denver to present a trail project seeking funds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The trail, back in his home Pikes Peak region, had been built around a private development close to Pike National Forest. “It’s less than a half-mile away from a Forest…
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Big questions about Pikes Peak region recreation, conservation the focus of upcoming meetings
Collaborators thinking big about future recreation and conservation across the Pikes Peak region are hosting another series of listening sessions this week. The Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative last hosted open house-type meetings in January 2022, making several stops around El Paso, Teller and Fremont counties. “We’re doing a repeat of that to some extent, although…
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Pikes Peak recreation under Colorado Parks and Wildlife? Coalition has the idea
Don’t call it Pikes Peak State Park. A regional collaboration has arrived at an idea years in the making: for recreation on America’s Mountain — largely U.S. Forest Service turf spotted with other governmental and commercial interests — to be managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. But the idea through the state-funded Outdoor Pikes Peak…