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A Pikes Peak Humane Society Rescue Rover Parker Seibold — A Pikes Peak Humane Society Rescue Rover. Photo Credit: Parker Seibold

Rescue rovers put big efforts into retrieving misplaced pets

A big, yellow van rolls into a garage at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region. A team of people are there at the ready. Out steps driver Frank Zautcke to meet a fellow retiree and comrade. […]

Views of the Never Summer Mountain Range from the Fairview Curve Overlook on Trail Ridge Road in the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday, July 13, 2019. The park maintains 80% of its annual 4.5 million visitors enter through the east side. Photo Credit: Chancey Bush The Gazette

Escape Rocky Mountain National Park crowds on the western side of the park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK • Today’s draw: a step back in time. That’s what it’s like for Steve Stager here at the Holzwarth Historic Site, a set of cabins still standing a century later. […]

A view of Long Scraggy Peak near Conifer. Photo Credit: Chhun Sun, The Gazette

Long Scraggy Peak lives up to its name but with a nice payoff

Long Scraggy Peak is a day hiker’s dream, with terrain worthy of its name, a punishing ascent but tremendous views. But there’s a catch: The trailhead is hard to find, and once you find it, the […]

The scenic view from Skyline Drive, a narrow, one-way road off U.S 50 outside Canon City.

Dinosaur discovery on Skyline Drive in Cañon City excavated 20 years ago still popular

CAÑON CITY • As if the tip-top view from scenic Skyline Drive isn’t awesome enough, another attraction on the narrow, no guardrail-road also sticks out. After entering through a 1932 stone […]

Overlooking Strawberry Fields and North Cheyenne Canon along the new South Chamberlian Trail. Photo Credit: Seth Boster, The Gazette

South Chamberlain looks back at Strawberry Fields, forward to bigger plans

Along the new, mile-plus stretch of the Chamberlain Trail, nearby chimes of the Will Rogers Shrine rang to the tune of “Tomorrow.” For the fiercest opponents of Colorado Springs’ land swap with […]

Dan Pittz and son Tiernan Pittz, right, hike the trail above the Royal Gorge past a beautiful view of the Arkansas River last month. Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette

Royal Gorge trails the latest in Cañon City’s outdoor recreation revolution

CAÑON CITY • A father and son step off the trail, and Ashlee Sack approaches. “Do you guys have a trail guide?” she asks for Fremont Adventure Recreation, the nonprofit that created the […]

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Dan Pittz and son Tiernan Pittz, right, hike the trail above the Royal Gorge past a beautiful view of the Arkansas River last month. Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette

Features

Royal Gorge trails the latest in Cañon City’s outdoor recreation revolution

BY Seth Boster

The cattle check out a visitor to their green grass in a field this month at the James Ranch outside Durango. Photo Credit: Christian Murdock

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The Durango ranch where nature, family, and burgers rule

BY Seth Boster

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Photo Credit: Christian Collins (Flickr)

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How did the Great Sand Dunes form and will they be gone anytime soon?

BY Spencer McKee

A cliff diver at Casa Bonita Jerilee Bennett — A cliff diver at Casa Bonita. Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett.

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Welcome to Casa Bonita, the 8th Wonder of the World

BY David Ramsey

Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak. Photo Credit: Stewart Green.

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First person to summit Pikes Peak a widely unknown adventurer

BY Seth Boster

Frozen Gold Christian Murdock Gazette — Pedestrians walk past new restaurants in the South Tejon area of Colorado Springs. Photo Credit: Christian Murdock; The Gazette

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Is Colorado Springs actually becoming ‘cool?’

BY Vince Bzdek; The Colorado Springs Gazette

Girls That Shred

Donnelle Johnson and Lisa Thompson stand over an elk — Donnelle Johnson and Lisa Thompson stand over an elk. Courtesy photo.

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Don’t tell these women Colorado hunting “is for men”

BY Seth Boster

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

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

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The First Diaries: That Time I Learned to Belay

BY Haley Gray

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College Outside: How to Literally Major in Mountains

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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

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