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Colowyo open pit mine Kelsey Brunner — Colowyo open pit mine. Photo Credit: Kelsey Brunner.

Coal Debate Could Determine Future of Colorado Town

To find KS Kreations in downtown Craig, just follow the smell. Chocolate chips oozing out of a fresh baked cookie the size of your face. A raspberry bubbling inside a crumble. An Ultimate Grilled […]

Seth Boster approaches Lone Eagle Peak. Photo Credit: Jakob Rodgers.

Does Increasing Popularity of Wilderness Areas Destroy Their Appeal?

Lone Eagle Peak is there when the wildflowers burst around it. When the aspen leaves glow beside the trail through the Indian Peaks Wilderness, it’s there, the fall air in this glacial cirque […]

The First Diaries

The First Diaries: That Time I Hiked My First Thirteener

Introducing The First Diaries, a weekly column in which one Coloradan documents her misadventures, trials, and triumphs in the outdoors as she tries a new activity or adventure each week. With […]

Jim Strub on Wetterhorn in 1992.

This 89-Year-Old has made 776 to the Top of Colorado’s Fourteeners…But Why?

Jim Strub of Colorado Springs gets the question a lot, almost as many times as he’s climbed Pikes Peak. That’s 503, according to his logs going back to 1967. Why? “OK,” he starts, pulling up […]

The First Diaries: That Time I Tried Mountain Biking

Introducing The First Diaries, a weekly column in which one Coloradan documents her misadventures, trials, and triumphs in the outdoors as she tries a new activity or adventure each week. With […]

The First Diaries - Rock Climbing - Haley Gray

The First Diaries: That Time I Learned to Belay

Introducing The First Diaries, a weekly column in which one Coloradan documents her misadventures, trials, and triumphs in the outdoors as she tries a new activity or adventure each week. With […]

Featured Stories

Palisade Peaches Jerilee Bennett — Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett; The Gazette.

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The Struggles and Triumphs Behind Colorado’s Iconic Palisade Peaches

BY Seth Boster

Olathe corn Jerilee Bennett Gazette — Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette.

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The Magic of Colorado Corn

BY Seth Boster

Grand-Junction-Fall-Colors-OutThere-Colorado — Grand Junction, Colorado is one well-known town that already exists on the Western slope.

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Visions of a new Mega-City on Colorado’s Western Slope

BY Robert Loevy; Special to the Colorado Springs Gazette

This photo shows hail that is approximately 2-3 inches in size. Photo Credit: bobosh_t (Flickr).

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Here’s Why Colorado Gets Massive Hail

BY Stephanie Earls; The Colorado Springs Gazette

Car damaged by hail Dougal Brownlie — Car damaged by hail in the Colorado Springs area. Photo Credit: Dougal Brownlie

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Does Climate Change Contribute to Severe Hailstorms in Colorado?

BY Liz Forster, Colorado Springs Gazette

A Grey Wolf in Colorado — Photo Credit: guyonbike (iStock).

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Are There Wolves in Colorado?

BY Spencer McKee

Girls That Shred

Plane in Flight - courtesy of Renee Geary - OutThere Colorado — Renee Geary flying a plane in the skies above Colorado. Photo courtesy of Renee Geary.

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Girls that Shred: Meet Renee Geary

BY Sammy Blair

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Girls that Shred: Meet Annelise Loevlie, CEO of Icelantic Skis

BY Sophie Goodman

Mascarenas Family - Vail GoPro Mountain Games - OutThere Colorado — Tina Mascarenas, Alexis Mascarenas, Megan Mascarenas, and Staci Stuter pose for a family picture at the 2015 Vail GoPro Mountain Games. Photo Credit: Eric Oberlander.

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Girls that Shred: Meet the Mascarenas Family

BY Alyssa Wendt

Bethany Lebewitz - Brown Girls Climb - courtesy of Bethany Lebewitz - OutThere Colorado — Bethany Lebewitz with a crew from Brown Girls Climb. Photo courtesy of Bethany Lebewitz.

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Girls that Shred: Meet Bethany Lebewitz

BY Emily Morris

Del Norte - Trail Running - OutThere Colorado-85 — Summit of a trail run in Del Norte, Colorado. Photo Credit: Stephen Martin, OutThere Colorado.

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Girls that Shred: 6 Women’s Outdoor Activity Clinics in Colorado

BY Emma Murray

Wendy Fisher6 - Jesse Hoffman - OutThere Colorado — Wendy Fisher. Photo Credit: Jesse Hoffman.

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Girls that Shred: Meet Wendy Fisher

BY Sophie Goodman

The First Diaries

The First Diaries

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The First Diaries: That Time I Hiked My First Thirteener

BY Haley Gray

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The First Diaries: That Time I Tried Mountain Biking

BY Haley Gray

The First Diaries - Rock Climbing - Haley Gray

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The First Diaries: That Time I Learned to Belay

BY Haley Gray

College Outside

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College Outside: How to Literally Major in Mountains

Climbing - College Outside — Photo courtesy of College Outside.

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College Outside: The Outdoors-Loving Hypocrite

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College Outside: How to Plan Your First Real River Trip

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College Outside: Advice for Finding Your First Pair of Climbing Shoes

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College Outside: The Right Jacket to Pack on Any Adventure

College Outside - Will Black — Photo Courtesy of College Outside.

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College Outside: Education Through Experience, Importance of a Gap Year