Tag: trinidad
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Schwachheim fire containment decreases to 50% as charred area increases
As of Sunday morning, containment of the Schwachheim fire 14 miles southeast of Trinidad shrank to 50%, down from 63% on Saturday, and the burn area climbed to 1,582 acres, as firefighters steered flames toward consuming existing fuels on the north side. An update from the Colorado Incident Management Team said despite a frost overnight…
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Schwachheim fire containment decreases to 50% as charred area increases
As of Sunday morning, containment of the Schwachheim fire 14 miles southeast of Trinidad shrank to 50%, down from 63% on Saturday, and the burn area climbed to 1,582 acres, as firefighters steered flames toward consuming existing fuels on the north side. An update from the Colorado Incident Management Team said despite a frost overnight…
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Fire danger high ahead of May artillery training at Piñon Canyon
Fort Carson officials expect soldiers to fire training artillery for the first time in May across the expansive Piñon Canyon Maneuver Training Site northeast of Trinidad, sparking concerns about fire amid drought conditions. “I think it’s dangerously dry,” said Doug Holdread, a Trinidad resident, who noted southern Colorado has felt like spring for much of…
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Trails expanding at Colorado’s newest state park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The possibilities for adventure are growing around one of southern Colorado’s most iconic mountains. Construction recently started on about 10 miles of new trail at Fishers Peak State Park — adding to the network that has steadily expanded at Colorado’s newest state park. Spanning more than…
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Soul of Sopris: Remembering a Colorado town now under water
One day in 1970, Giuseppe Incitti took a pencil to paper and grieved the loss of his southern Colorado home. “Consider the town of Sopris finished,” he wrote, translated from his native Italian. “It will be buried under water.” The dam would rise, Trinidad Lake would fill, and Sopris would be but a memory. The…
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Camping by a lake in Colorado: 8 places we love
There’s nothing quite like opening the flap of your tent in the morning to the view of a lake, watching the rising sun’s warm glow dance across the water that reflects Colorado’s mountain majesty. Yes, in setting a course for a camping trip this summer, we’re thinking about lakes. We’re thinking about these: Chicago Lakes…
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Camping by a lake in Colorado: 8 places we love
There’s nothing quite like opening the flap of your tent in the morning to the view of a lake, watching the rising sun’s warm glow dance across the water that reflects Colorado’s mountain majesty. Yes, in setting a course for a camping trip this summer, we’re thinking about lakes. We’re thinking about these: Chicago Lakes…
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Camping by a lake in Colorado: 8 places we love
There’s nothing quite like opening the flap of your tent in the morning to the view of a lake, watching the rising sun’s warm glow dance across the water that reflects Colorado’s mountain majesty. Yes, in setting a course for a camping trip this summer, we’re thinking about lakes. We’re thinking about these: Chicago Lakes…
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Camping by a lake in Colorado: 8 places we love
There’s nothing quite like opening the flap of your tent in the morning to the view of a lake, watching the rising sun’s warm glow dance across the water that reflects Colorado’s mountain majesty. Yes, in setting a course for a camping trip this summer, we’re thinking about lakes. We’re thinking about these: Chicago Lakes…
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are…