Tag: trinidad
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
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 we most thankful for across this state’s great outdoors? It’s…
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Colorado’s first state park gets its first mountain bike trails
Colorado’s first state park has its first mountain bike-optimized trails. A flowy, buffed-out network roaming about 4 ½ miles is making its summer debut at Lathrop State Park, near Walsenburg. Also open to hikers, the trails more than double the dirt options at the park, which is overlooked by the Spanish Peaks and defined by…
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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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Jay Cimino remembered as business titan, community benefactor, and veterans advocate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Superlatives, tears, and stories flowed from members of the Colorado business, veteran, and service communities following the news that automotive giant Jay Cimino died on Saturday at the age of 87. Business titan. Philanthropist. Staunch community advocate. Dedicated public servant. “More than just a car…
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Jay Cimino remembered as business titan, community benefactor, and veterans advocate
Superlatives, tears, and stories flowed from members of the Colorado business, veteran, and service communities following the news that automotive giant Jay Cimino died on Saturday at the age of 87. Business titan. Philanthropist. Staunch community advocate. Dedicated public servant. “More than just a car dealer, more than a man who was successful in business…
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5 Colorado towns where history lives — and what to see and do while you’re there
Breckenridge Claim to fame: Gold was discovered along the Blue River in 1859, attracting waves of people who would create Breck as we know it today. In 1887, a 13 1/2-pound gold nugget was unearthed, considered the largest of its kind ever in Colorado. Today: The town revolves around the ski resort, with plenty to…
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LIFE | The living history of Cokedale, Colorado
Cokedale is nestled eight miles west of Trinidad where it began as a 100 man tent colony in 1899. By 1901 it was bought out by Guggenheims’ and proclaimed to be “a model coal camp”. Ruins of coking ovens can still be seen today across the highway 12. Today, around 130 people call Cokedale home,…
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Craving Colorado | Rino’s Italian Restaurant
Rino’s Italian Restaurant in Trinidad, Colo. just celebrated 20 years in the business. The restaurant is known for its singing waiters.
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LIFE | Inside Colorado’s oldest synagogue
Temple Aaron, a synagogue in Trinidad, is one of the oldest synagogues in the Rocky Mountain West and the oldest in Colorado.
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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…