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Bats leaving cave Colorado Photo Credit: Umkehrer (iStock) — This photo shows how bats tend to group together while exiting their living space in a nightly, unified event. Photo Credit: Umkehrer (iStock)

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Features

A Deeper Look at Colorado’s Colony of 250,000 Bats

You can smell the Orient Mine a few steps before you turn the last corner on the rocky trail and see the 400-foot deep pit. A slight wind drifts from the cavern in the side of the Sangre de Cristo […]

Garden of the Gods - OutThere Colorado. — Garden of the Gods is known as America's favorite park. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: SWKrullImaging (iStock)

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Colorado Springs

The Secret Cave at the Garden of the Gods

In 1848, a lone trapper stumbled on something in Garden of the Gods that the teeming city now surrounding the park has almost forgotten: a hidden cave. The trapper, Jacob Spaulding, squirmed through […]

Spencer feeds a kangaroo — Me feeding a kangaroo during our visit to Zoo Chateau. Photo Credit: Kimmy Saavedra.

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Adventures

Be the Zookeeper for a Day at this Colorado Kangaroo Farm

The search is over – we’ve officially found the most unique place to stay in Colorado. It’s a kangaroo farm/”vacation rental zoo” in Golden, Colorado called Zoo Chateau, and during your […]

South Park sign by Spencer McKee

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Where is the Real “South Park” at?

BY Spencer McKee

Cherry Creek Denver pasa47 — Photo Credit: pasa47 (Flickr).

Adventures

Did You Know You Can Gold Pan in Denver

BY Spencer McKee

Sledding in rocky Mountain National Park Tereza_Venn — Photo Credit: Tereza_Venn (iStock).

Adventures

Hidden Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park’s Only Sledding Hill

BY Spencer McKee

News

Mount of the Holy Cross Photo Credit Drew Kelly - OutThere Colorado — Photo Credit: Drew Kelly.

News

Colorado officially skinniest state in the country

BY Liz Forster

November 12, 2018

Steamboat area sherrymain (Flickr) — A shot taken in the Steamboat area. Photo Credit: sherrymain (Flickr).

News

Search called off for missing Front Range man

BY Spencer McKee

November 12, 2018

Snow in Beaver Creek — Big snowfall at Beaver Creek has the resort opening early for the 2018-2019 season. Photo Courtesy: Beaver Creek.

News

More Colorado Ski Resorts Announce Early Openings

BY Seth Boster

November 12, 2018

A view of Pike's Peak from the Garden of the Gods.

News

Front Range gets hammered with snow

BY Leslie James, The Gazette

November 12, 2018

Snow in Steamboat - OutThere Colorado — Trees coated by a fresh layer of powder in Steamboat Springs.

News

Winter weather advisory continues for spots on Front Range

BY Spencer McKee

November 11, 2018

Rocky Mountain National Park Photo Credit: MargaretW (iStock). — Rocky Mountain National Park, Photo Credit: MargaretW (iStock).

News

Colorado Named Healthiest State in America

BY Breanna Sneeringer

November 8, 2018

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Will the Internet Destroy the Outdoors — A sign warning visitors to stay on the trail that leads to Hanging Lake. Photo Credit: Stephen Martin, OutThere Colorado.

How-To

3 Tips for Responsibly Posting about Natural Spots on Social Media

BY Spencer McKee

November 12, 2018

Master Falconer Christian Murdock The Gazette — Photo Credit: Christian Murdock; The Gazette

Features

Colorado Master Falconer is Making a Name for Herself

BY Seth Boster

November 12, 2018

Ice Castles Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette — Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette.

Adventures

7 Things to Do Off-the-Slopes this Winter in Colorado

BY Seth Boster

November 12, 2018

Winter Skiing - Photo Credit extravagantni (iStock) - OutThere Colorado — Photo Credit: extravagantni (iStock).

How-To

6 Ways to Ski on a Budget in Colorado

BY Seth Boster

November 12, 2018

Radium Hot Springs Deborah Frazier — Radium Hot Springs. Photo Credit: Deborah Frazier.

Adventures

Radium Hot Springs, a Primitive Soak Spot that’s Nearly Impossible to Find

BY Seth Boster

November 12, 2018

Rainbow Hot Springs R. Scott Rappold — Photo Credit: R. Scott Rappold.

Adventures

Rainbow Hot Springs, Soaking deep in state’s largest wilderness

BY Seth Boster

November 12, 2018

Trikes Dougal Brownlie Gazette — Linda Tripp is an adaptive rider because of an injury and her ALS. Photo Credit: Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette.

Features

Three-wheeled adult trikes becoming popular in Colorado

BY Seth Boster

November 12, 2018

The Rendezvous Ski Trails — The Rendezvous Ski Trails — all 35 kilometers of them — are groomed daily. Photo Courtesy: Destination Yellowstone

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The Most Incredible Cross-Country Skiing Festival You’ve Never Heard Of

BY Andrew de Naray

November 12, 2018

Iron Mountain Hot Springs — Iron Mountain Hot Springs in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Photo courtesy of Iron Mountain Hot Springs.

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7 of the Most Incredible Hot Springs in Colorado

BY Sophie Goodman

November 12, 2018

Breck has been blessed with plentiful snow, and an early opening. Photo Courtesy: Beaver Run Resort

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Breckenridge Opens Early This Week. Here Are 5 Reasons to Get There in the Next Month

BY Andrew de Naray

November 6, 2018

Roxborough State Park - John Fielder — Roxborough State Park, located on Colorado's Front Range, is a beautiful place to visit in winter. Photo credit, courtesy of John Fielder.

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John Fielder’s Top 10 (Off the Beaten Track) Colorado Winter Destinations

BY John Fielder

November 5, 2018

Colorado welcome road sign NEWS Photo Credit: marekuliasz (iStock). — Photo Credit: marekuliasz (iStock).

How-To

4 Ways to Avoid Altitude Sickness in Colorado

BY Breanna Sneeringer

October 30, 2018

Places to Explore

Challenge Hill in Castle Rock — Challenge Hill in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Challenge Hill

Redstone Coke Ovens Stephen Martin — Photo Credit: Stephen Martin.

The Redstone Coke Ovens

Alpine Tunnel A.L. Szalanski (Wikimedia Commons) — Photo Credit: A.L. Szalanski (Wikimedia Commons).

The Alpine Tunnel

Westcliffe Colorado — Westcliffe, Colorado. Photo Credit: Christian Murdock; Colorado Springs Gazette.

Westcliffe Dark Sky Site

Monarch Pass - Monarch Crest Tramway-20 — Monarch Crest Tramway. Photo Credit: Stephen Martin, OutThere Colorado.

Monarch Crest Tramway

devils head -@mrspenceproductions — Devil's Head Lookout on a cloudy day. Photo Credit: @mrspenceproductions (Instagram).

Devil’s Head Lookout

Moffat Street Pedestrian Bridge Pueblo Photo Credit Thaddeus Roan - OutThere Colorado — Moffat Street Pedestrian Bridge in Pueblo. Photo Credit: Thaddeus Roan.

Historic Arkansas Riverwalk

Bishop Castle - waitscm - OutThere Colorado — Photo Credit: waitscm

Bishop Castle

Bear Lake - Rocky Mountain National Park - @kerickane - OutThere Colorado — Bear Lake located in Rocky Mountain National Park

Bear Lake (Rocky Mountain National Park)

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

Mike the Headless Chicken dherrara_96 (Flickr) — Photo Credit: dherrara_96 (Flickr).

Mike the Headless Chicken Statue

Frog Rock 4 - Katie Rae Bode - OutThere Colorado — Frog Rock, Colorado. Photo Credit: Katie Rae Bode.

Frog Rock

Guffey Cove - Spencer McKee - OutThere Colorado — Paradise Cove, Guffey, Colorado. Photo Credit: Spencer McKee

Paradise Cove (Guffey Cove)

Shrine of the Sun - Matt Wright - OutThere Colorado — Photo Credit: Matt Wright.

Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun

UFO Watchtower - Larry1732 - OutThere Colorado — The UFO Watchtower near Hooper, Colorado. Photo Credit: Larry1732 (FlickR).

UFO Watchtower