One of the most prestigious and longest trails in the United States, which winds for about 800 miles through Colorado, turns 42 years old on Tuesday.
The Continental Divide Trail is about 3,100 miles long in total, and extends from the Mexico border in New Mexico up to the Canada border in Glacier National Park, Montana.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The saga of Denver International Airport’s colorful, infamous public art program continues.
Last week, airport officials unveiled the latest piece commissioned as part of Denver’s 1% for Art program, which routes 1% of any municipal construction budget toward custom art for that project.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Two more Colorado ski areas will open this week with Loveland kicking off its season on Wednesday and Breckenridge opening on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThere is no three-peat for the Aspen-Snowmass ski areas this winter.
After getting crowned the top-ranked ski resort in the West for the past two seasons, Aspen-Snowmass fell to fifth this year in SKI Magazine’s annual rankings.
Aspen Skiing Co. is raking in job applications this fall but lack of affordable housing is hindering their ability to seal all deals.
Skico had roughly 1,200 seasonal positions to fill, as it does every winter.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Wolf Creek was the first Colorado ski area to open this season, and right now it’s really got the goods.
A weekend storm brought 28 inches of snow to the southwestern Colorado area, bringing its season total to 67 inches.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
When things get difficult, there’s always solace in retreating to the past. There are numerous box sets and historic packages out for gift-giving this season. Here are a few of the most notable:
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWhen employees at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science began thinking about a space-science exhibit two decades ago, humans had just moved into the International Space Station, paving the way for further exploration of the solar system.
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Roiled by concerns about the pandemic and politics? Lifting weights might help, according to a timely new study of anxiety and resistance training. The study, which involved healthy young adults, barbells and lunges, indicates that regular weight training substantially reduces anxiety, a finding with particular relevance during these unsettling, bumpy days.
If you’ve been to Steamboat Springs anytime in the last three years, there’s a good chance you’ve seen him: Skiing Jesus.
Walking up and down Oak Street, whether to grab a bite at Yampa Valley Kitchen or a cup of coffee at MountainBrew, your eyes will almost certainly be drawn to the gorgeous, tall church with stained glass windows that spans most of the block between Fifth and Sixth streets.
Only you can decide if it makes sense to celebrate the holidays in public this year.
All available evidence — and each new government mandate — seems to say, “Tread carefully.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
VAIL — The efforts of Vail Resorts to institute a reservations system with capacity limits at the company’s 34 North American ski areas is nearly complete.
The process has been fluid — at Keystone, the first of the North American resorts to test out the system, the Nov.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The incredible scope of Felix Sparks’ life makes for a great book, but translating it to the screen proved far more difficult.
“The Liberator,” written by best-selling British journalist Alex Kershaw and published to acclaim in 2012, told the story of Sparks, who led the liberation of Dachau during World War II.
NEW YORK — “Jeopardy!” paid tribute to Alex Trebek on Monday in a poignant message that celebrated the show’s longtime, unflappable host of 37 years.
The day after Trebek died at age 80 following a battle with cancer, the show’s executive producer, Mike Richards addressed viewers from the “Jeopardy!” set in a taped introduction.
FRISCO – When ski resorts suddenly shut down in mid-March, skiers and snowboarders flocked to the backcountry. With lingering uncertainty about resort operations this ski season, backcountry shops are expected to be in high demand.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLOS ANGELES — Norm Crosby, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, has died. He was 93.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Rocky Mountain National Park lost several structures when the East Troublesome fire blew up overnight on Oct. 22, crossing into the park’s boundary and burning nearly 30,000 acres.
In a statement released Friday, the park said the fire destroyed the historic Onahu Lodge and Green Mountain cabins, which are landmarks located along Trail Ridge Road in the Kawuneeche Valley and were eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due to their rustic design and connection to 20th-century ranching and resort industries.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Halloween may have ended, but this fall, the Japanese Arts Network is inviting yokai (Japanese ghosts) to some of Denver’s most famous haunts.
“Zotto,” as their new show is called, is billed as a supernatural, immersive adventure that recounts Denver’s sordid history of redlining, segregation, resettlement and Ku Klux Klan terror through a twisting narrative.
Keystone Resort is still planning to open Friday, which would make it the first Front Range ski area to run lifts, despite Summit County’s return to stricter coronavirus restrictions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA Sinclair Lewis character in the novel “Babbitt” writes that in examining small towns, “You want to look at what they’re aiming to become.”
The same could be said of ski areas, which, in Colorado, are aiming to become bigger.
Admission to Colorado’s four national parks and others across the nation will be free on Wednesday in commemoration of Veterans Day, and for veterans, it will mark the first day of lifetime free access.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Ice Castles in Dillon, an annual family-friendly winter wonderland experience, is set to return at the end of the year with reduced capacity due to COVID-19.
The frozen attraction will reopen in late December and despite the pandemic, will still offer the illuminated frozen walls, ice slides, crawl spaces, caves and fountains that it has always featured.
Every act of art-making comes down to two choices: How you form the object and, simultaneously, how you contain it.
Within that, the options are endless. Do you express the idea using a pencil, a paintbrush or clay?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Without the fanfare that usually accompanies a ski area opening, Arapahoe Basin quietly welcomed skiers and riders Monday afternoon with a three-word tweet: “WE ARE OPEN.”
The tweet followed a blog item posted at 1:46 p.m. by chief operating officer Alan Henceroth revealing the opening.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Despite their artistic and commercial successes, Sony and Microsoft don’t have the stranglehold on gamers they once did.
The companies’ respective home video-gaming consoles, the PlayStation and Xbox, are miraculous pieces of user-friendly technology that have nonetheless failed to stop mobile games, virtual reality, resurgent arcades and vintage-gaming emulators from carving out chunks of their markets.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
As the temperature drops, we’re craving all things slurpable — from soups and stews to noodles, dumplings and more. This guide to Denver-area winter takeout is just a sampling, of course.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Throughout the summer and into this fall, the Boulder County Farmers Markets encouraged shoppers to make an appointment for a 20-minute window to get in, grab some fresh veggies and get out.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Editor’s Note: Photos from opening day can be found here.
KEYSTONE — For the first time since 1997, Keystone Resort claimed honors as the first Front Range ski area to open for the season on Friday, leaving Arapahoe Basin and Loveland to fight it out for seconds.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRocky Mountain National Park will partially reopen on Friday after a 15-day park-wide closure due to the East Troublesome Fire.
The areas reopening include Wild Basin, Longs Peak, Lily Lake, Twin Sisters and Lumpy Ridge.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share