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Trackchairs coming to 2 more parks in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs officials are expanding a program aimed at getting people with disabilities out on the trails. Since last year, the city’s Parks Department has reserved free, guided trips at Red Rock Canyon and Blodgett…
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New trail in Colorado Springs aimed at accessibility, new connections
In the grassy hills beyond Bear Creek Nature Center, people with disabilities in recent years had been riding a small, wheeled transport before being forced to turn around. The rock walls and promontories of city of Colorado Springs-owned Bear Creek Cañon Park loomed ahead. But the scenery was unavailable to these explorers. This was around…
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New program brings all-terrain wheelchairs to Colorado Springs trails
Colorado Springs’ parks department has launched a program aimed at getting people with disabilities on trails previously out of reach. They can now roam on a Trackchair, perched atop tank-like conveyor wheels alongside friends, family and knowledgeable staff or volunteers. The city last fall announced acquiring two vehicles with funding through Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s…
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Happy Trails: An end-to-end tour of Colorado Springs’ Red Rock Canyon Open Space
Mesa/Greenlee loop, Red Rock Canyon There are seemingly endless ways to appreciate Red Rock Canyon Open Space, one of Colorado Springs’ signature, natural beauties. Out-of-towners might take to the often-recommended Contemplative Trail, finding themselves tucked between the slanting, soaring outcrops on the open space’s west side. On the other side, locals on foot and bike…
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A Colorado Springs writer of today reflects on Helen Hunt Jackson’s words of yesterday
Ahead of Red Rock Canyon opening in 2005 to be one of Colorado Springs’ favorite public grounds, Stewart Green was tasked with establishing climbing routes across the sandstone walls. This led him to naming some of the formations. One was the unmistakable behemoth appearing to submerge near the park’s center — “the whale,” Green called…
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Fifth-year Pikes Peak Apex maintains mission to be ‘world-class’ mountain bike race
A mountain bike race unlike any before in Colorado Springs heads into its fifth year with an eye, as ever, toward the future. Starting June 7, the three-day Pikes Peak APEX aims to draw closer to 200 riders, up from last year’s 162, said organizer Micah Rice. For the event boasting big mileage and elevation…
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Mobility assistance vehicles spread reach across Colorado Springs area trails
More Terrain Hoppers are coming to Colorado Springs-area trails. Cheyenne Mountain State Park recently announced acquiring two of the electric vehicles appearing like small ATVs and “designed to carry mobility challenged people at walking speed across a variety of surfaces,” according to a news release. Starting Memorial Day weekend, the park will make the Terrain…
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was…
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Tracing 100 years of Barr Trail history and the man who helped make Pikes Peak a destination
Pikes Peak’s most extraordinary trail was born 100 years ago. To thank for it is “in many respects an ordinary man.” That is how historian and author Eric Swab refers to Barr Trail’s visionary in the book “Fred Barr: Pikes Peak Entrepreneur.” Fred Barr “was a slow, good man whose life had to be in…