Pikes Peak Region Trail Finder

There have been a lot of steps - and we mean a lot - to reach the point where officials could legally open the Manitou Incline.

The discussion will reach its highest stage Tuesday, when the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will discuss a bill necessary for legal use of the trail.

The route was never ...

An event at ski area Copper Mountain this weekend raised $1,800 for medical expenses for Sally Francklyn, a Colorado Springs native who was seriously injured in March in a skiing accident near Jackson, Wyo.

She remains hospitalized and in a coma. She was a ski patroller at Copper Mountain for several years. Her father is Reg Francklyn, ...

It's spring, the sun is out and if you're like me, you're already planning your summer hiking trips.

But I hear the question all the time: Where can I go? Colorado has 14.1 million acres of national forest land, another 8 million owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and several hundred thousand in national parks.

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The Dew Tour, which brings the top winter sports athletes in the world to Breckenridge each year, is coming back.

For four more high-flying, gravity-defying years.

See our photos from the Dew Tour in December.

Bringing the event back was a big deal for the town of Breckenridge and the ski area, with the city offering $100,000 ...

LEES FERRY, Ariz. — It's safe to say that the vast majority of folks at the Lees Ferry boat ramp arrive with visions of grandeur and anticipation of the unrivaled adventures found in the legendary rapids of the Colorado River below. Lees Ferry is best known as the launch point for the Grand Canyon, a historic river ...

Photo courtesy of Winter Park, the recipient of 6 inches of new snow last night.

It probably falls under the "too little, too late" category, when it comes to salvaging the mediocre ski season, but the ski areas that are still open received a healthy dose of powder last night and today.

Snow totals ranged from 5 inches on ...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A 44-year-old Denver man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping two hikers near Nederland in 2010 has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

The Daily Camera (http://bit.ly/HE0Dbp ) reports Joseph Scott Carter was sentenced Friday. He struck a deal with prosecutors in February and pleaded guilty to second-degree ...

THE GAZETTE

El Paso County Search and Rescue crews were evacuating 4 stranded Fort Carson soldiers off Pikes Peak Saturday night, said Steve Sperry, a spokesman.

The hikers called for help after 6 p.m., when they were one mile from the summit, according to search and rescue. One of the hikers had a broken leg and the other three ...

Crews close off the Rampart Shooting Range in 2009. Gazette file photo.

Almost three years after the U.S. Forest Service closed the popular - but littered and apparently dangerous - shooting range off Rampart Range Road, the agency is taking public comments on a plan for cleaning the area.

The area was closed after a July 2009 ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says he was chased and nearly caught by four bears that were raiding his birdfeeders.

Shumlin says he was in bed in his rented Montpelier home late Wednesday night when he heard what turned out to be four bears in the backyard.

He says he looked out and saw the bears, ...

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