Author: Dave Phillips
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Wolf Creek gets 30 inches
Summit county seems to have received about a quarter of that. Pikes just has a dusting up high. But this may be a good year to plan on some backcountry adventures on Pikes Peak. El Nino is setting up in the Pacific, which generally gives Pikes a healthy snowpack, especially in the spring. Maybe it…
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Discover the hidden, steep Stanley Canyon
This steep, hidden canyon is a natural avenue between the Air Force Academy and secluded Stanley Reservoir on the crest of Rampart Range. Rating: 2 boots, 4.2 miles round-trip, 1,500 feet elevation gain To get there: From the south entrance of the Air Force Academy, drive north on South Gate Boulevard to Pine…
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Colorado Springs is beaming red
Colorado Springs is among the reddest of Republican strongholds. A Democrat hasn’t won the presidential election here since 1964.Check the county clerk’s office to see for yourself: Registered Republican voters outnumber Democrats more than 2-to-1. The county clerk insists that all waiting room TVs in the building play Fox News. He says if you don’t…
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Springs riders again have a place to race
After the dust cleared and the brakes cooled, the winner of the first mountain bike race to be held in the region since 2002 said what the 75 other riders probably were thinking. “Man, it’s about time. This race was way, way overdue,” said J. J. Clark, who rolled over the finish line unchallenged Wednesday…
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Wrong side of the ties
The Mount Manitou Incline on Tuesday. Spencer Wren, manager of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, says the railway is working on a plan to make hiking the Incline legal. Photo by