Tag: ranger
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Fort Carson soldiers compete for best ranger, medic and combat engineer
After several grueling days of competition, Fort Carson soldiers arrived in a Black Hawk Friday morning to fight their way through a paintball course and extract a wounded soldier in the final push to be named the best ranger, combat engineer and medic. The simulated combat capped off several days of intense competition to determine…
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LIFE | At her post in the Colorado mountains, this ice skating ranger patrols in style
During the winter, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Ranger Kelli Lewis Lewis frequently patrols Eleven Mile Reservoir on ice skates. Lewis started skating on the ice last year when a warm winter made the ice unsafe to patrol on a snowmobile. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)
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Happy Trails: A simple summit with signature views at Rocky Mountain National Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Deer Mountain, Rocky Mountain National Park On my last visit to Rocky Mountain National Park, I did a no-no by arriving far too late (10 a.m.) for a summer Saturday. I had the thought of exploring from the Bear Lake trailhead — not a foolish…