Tag: state forest state park
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Cozy glamping escapes: Enjoy the ultimate winter yurt experience at these 6 Colorado state parks
At the center of the glamping craze across Colorado and beyond are yurts. These are the round, wood-framed tents paneled by windows looking out to surrounding beauty and topped by skylights letting in the stars and the moon. Once refuges fashioned by Serbian and Mongolian nomads, yurts are now the highly sought, highly Instagrammed abodes…
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Colorado town to love in winter: Walden
In this internet age where nothing is secret, where Colorado’s wonders can’t hide from social media, how can a hidden gem stay hidden? Perhaps, for one, by the limits of geography. Take the geography around Walden, for example. The Front Range masses might arrive to this northern Colorado hamlet via the long, winding drive through…
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Daily pass fees could increase at popular state parks in Denver area
Daily vehicle pass fees could increase at a pair of popular state parks in the Denver area. Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners recently heard proposals to add $2 to those passes at Chatfield and Golden Gate Canyon state parks. The extra charge would bring the daily vehicle pass to $12 at the two parks. The…
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Yurt overnights returning to Colorado state park after controversial pause
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A beloved camping tradition is returning to Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced a new concessionaire to manage yurts at State Forest State Park in the state’s northwest mountains. Steamboat Springs-based Yonder Yurts will now be in charge of booking reservations. “We know this…
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Yurt overnights returning to Colorado state park after controversial pause
A beloved camping tradition is returning to Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced a new concessionaire to manage yurts at State Forest State Park in the state’s northwest mountains. Steamboat Springs-based Yonder Yurts will now be in charge of booking reservations. “We know this camping experience has been missed by many of our visitors,”…
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Shiny new prize awaits anglers at backcountry lakes in Colorado
Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced a “unique backcountry fishing opportunity.” That was the description in a news release from Joe Brand, manager of State Forest State Park in northwestern Colorado. Two alpine lakes here are newly home to golden trout, the California state fish whose population diminished at State Forest in the 1990s. The…
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Your 2021 Colorado bucket list for outdoor adventure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For better or for worse, the pandemic gave many of us more opportunities to achieve our outdoor goals. We crossed off much from our bucket lists in 2020. Yet still, Colorado never ceases to beckon. For your consideration this year: Pay respects to the ancestors…
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Your 2021 Colorado bucket list for outdoor adventure
For better or for worse, the pandemic gave many of us more opportunities to achieve our outdoor goals. We crossed off much from our bucket lists in 2020. Yet still, Colorado never ceases to beckon. For your consideration this year: Pay respects to the ancestors To visit Mesa Verde National Park is to travel back…