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Free entry to Colorado state parks for Fresh Air Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Parks and Wildlife claims the best deal for Black Friday: nothing to be bought, but the benefits of nature to be gained. It’s not Black Friday the agency recognizes, but rather Fresh Air Friday — free entry to the state parks the day after Thanksgiving.…
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5 spots for wildflower viewing in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ‘Tis the season when shutterbugs fill their tanks and hit the road, bound for some of the best nature photography Colorado has to offer for a short time only. But a camera isn’t required to enjoy the state’s wildflowers. The images won’t soon leave your…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FRANKTOWN — Inside Castlewood Canyon State Park, where worldly troubles seem to float away with the creek and with the clouds out to snowcapped peaks beyond, a certain reality occurred to Trevor Girten. “Prices are only going up it seems,” he said Friday on his…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Data confirms what the eye suggested at Colorado’s state parks in 2020: unprecedented visitation. Numbers were not yet final by the end of December, with counts still being logged from that month and some of…
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New Year’s Day hikes in Colorado | Trails recommended at state parks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Coloradans flocked to the outdoors in 2020 — and the trend will surely continue on the first day of 2021. As per American tradition, state parks are inviting families to hike New Year’s Day morning. The National Association of State Park Directors reported nearly 85,000…