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Red Rocks Tunnel Josh Lenz Christian Murdock The Gazette — Josh Lenz walks through a hidden tunnel at Red Rocks. Photo Credit: Christian Murdock; The Gazette.

Denver

This hidden tunnel beneath Red Rocks Amphitheatre holds decades of secrets

In the days before this weekend’s start to another summer of music at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, crowds gathered at a sun-splashed pavilion, admiring the hills turning green again. They toured the […]

Dave Gilman, a soil scientist for the Burned Area emergency Rehabilitation unit, checks the recent paplication of Hydro Soil in the Hayman fire area Credit Tim Tadder — Dave Gilman, a soil scientist for the Burned Area emergency Rehabilitation unit, checks the recent paplication of Hydro Soil in the Hayman fire area. Photo Credit: Tim Tadder.

Features

The struggle to save Colorado’s forests in a changing world

When Mike Battaglia walked into the woods of the Pike National Forest on a sunny, late winter day, he pointed to the mature ponderosa pines — their needles assembled into bulbous groups, their […]

Alligator Wrestling — Me giving a 9-footer a smooch. Photo Credit: Kimmy Saavedra.

Alamosa

What’s Up with Colorado Alligator Wrestling?

With sweaty palms clutched tight on my steering wheel, I imagined the worst possible outcomes of what I was about to do. My mind drifted to the preserved fingers I’d seen sitting in jars during my […]

Spencer McKee Narrows Longs Peak — Me on the Narrows section of the climb. As you can see, the path gets pretty narrow and there's a big drop. Photo Credit: Alyssa Barg.

Adventures

The Allure of Longs Peak, Colorado’s “Deadliest” Mountain

While Colorado is filled with mountain peaks, one in particular seems to have captured the widespread allure of sightseers and adventures alike – Longs Peak. The only mountain in Rocky Mountain […]

Pikes Peak tank Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections — Photo Credit: Peak Library District Special Collections.

Features

100 years ago, a tank took on Pikes Peak

BY ML Cavanaugh; Special on The Colorado Springs Gazette

Manitou Springs, Colorado, Photo Credit: CatLane (iStock).

Adventures

10 Things To Do in Manitou Springs

BY Breanna Sneeringer

Downtown Steamboat Springs. Photo Credit: bauhaus1000 (iStock).

Adventures

8 Perfect Things to Do During a Steamboat Springs Vacation

BY Spencer McKee

News

Skyline of Denver Colorado Photo Credit: benedek (iStock).

News

Denver County likely to lose its position as most populous Colorado county

BY Rachel Riley; The Colorado Springs Gazette

Sunset at Mesa Verde National Park, Photo Credit: Mindy Musick King (iStock).

Events

Visit any national park in Colorado for free this Saturday, April 20

BY Breanna Sneeringer

An adult black bear. Photo Credit: mirceax (iStock).

News

Colorado wildlife officers kill 1st bear of 2019

BY The Associated Press

Colorado Springs Mark Reis The Gazette — Colorado Springs. Photo Credit: Mark Reis; The Gazette.

News

Colorado Springs no longer a cheap place to live

BY Wayne Heilman; The Gazette

Blizzard on Colorado roads. Kelsey Brunner — Photo Credit: Kelsey Brunner; The Gazette

News

Man charged in death of Colorado trooper during blizzard

BY The Associated Press

black bear attack colorado — Photo Credit: mlharing (iStock).

News

Man admits to exhibiting extreme rage following bear killing

BY The Associated Press

LATEST

Fruita horizon — Fruita is ripe with stunning flora and fauna throughout the spring months. Photo Courtesy: Go Fruita

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7 Reasons Why Springtime in Fruita Is Unlike Anywhere Else in Colorado

BY Andrew de Naray

Colorado geyser trail Nature girl (youtube) — Media Credit: Nature Girl (Youtube).

Adventures

The rewarding hike to Colorado’s only geyser

BY Spencer McKee

Entrance to the cave Photo Credit: underworld111 (iStock). — Photo Credit: underworld111 (iStock).

Adventures

The incredibly long Groaning Cave in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Adventures

Rainbow Falls a quick, rewarding waterfall visit in Colorado

BY Seth Boster

Photo Credit: Airman Magazine (Flickr).

Features

The Underground City Inside of Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain

BY Spencer McKee

Colorful Mt. Garfield and the Bookcliffs in Western Colorado. Photo Credit: MGSmith (iStock).

Features

Out Where the West Begins: A Book of “Grit, Grace, and Greed”

BY Stuart Rosebrook, Ph.D.; Editor of True West magazine

Ted Bundy escorted out of the Pitkin County Courthouse in Colorado Ross Dolan AP file photo — Ted Bundy escorted out of the Pitkin County Courthouse in Colorado. Photo Credit: Ross Dolan (AP file photo).

Features

Ted Bundy’s Colorado file includes crowbar, ski guide

BY The Aspen Times via The Associated Press

Ling Li hikes up Barr Trail Kelsey Brunner — Ling Li hikes up Barr Trail. Photo Credit: Kelsey Brunner; The Gazette.

Features

What keeps the ‘Queen of Pikes Peak’ on her summiting streak?

BY Seth Boster

Cap kisses Chaela Kelsey Brunner — Cap kisses Chaela on top of her 1,500th summit – Fremont Peak. Photo Credit: Kelsey Brunner

Features

The unusual story of a Colorado mountain man and his canine companion

BY Seth Boster

Hiker points to the Summit of Fremont Peak Seth Boster — Hiker points to the summit of Fremont Peak. Photo Credit: Seth Boster.

Adventures

Panoramic views waiting at Fremont Peak near Royal Gorge

BY Seth Boster

Great Sand Dunes National Park, Photo Credit: marekuliasz (iStock).

Adventures

10 Things To Do at the Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve in Colorado

BY Breanna Sneeringer

Photo Credit: SWKrullImaging (iStock).

Adventures

10 Things To Do During a Trip to Pikes Peak

BY Breanna Sneeringer

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, @explorewithmedia; IG.

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