Author: Seth Boster seth.boster@gazette.com
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Flying W Ranch: A western tradition triumphs over tragedy in Colorado Springs
The crowd has moved through the line, filling trays with chicken, brisket, potatoes, beans, biscuits and applesauce made just the way an adoring mother made it more than 70 years ago. Now the people are back at their seats, back at the picnic tables lining this dining hall at a historic ranch in Colorado Springs,…
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How Vail became the biggest name in skiing
Before the sun rose over Colorado’s Gore Range on March 19, 1957, two men in an Army surplus Jeep pulled off a logging road “and prepared to climb a mountain that had no name.” Pete Seibert went on to write about he and Earl Eaton breaking trail through deep snow and dense woods and over…
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Vegetable Justice: A tradition like no other at Colorado Renaissance Festival
LARKSPUR — Beside a giant rocking horse and maze, and not far from the jousting arena and unicorn, a crowd gathers to see a man take tomatoes to the face. At least this is the goal for participants of Vegetable Justice: to hurl tomatoes at the face poking through the hole in the wall. This…
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Breads and sweets galore: 4 top bakeries in Colorado Springs
In this weekly feature, we’re celebrating the best of Colorado Springs’ food and drink scene ー as determined by voters in the 2026 Best of the Springs (thebestofthesprings.com). We’ll throw in our own recommendation, too. Up this week: Bakeries. Gold: Boonzaaijer’s Dutch Bakery The story of Boonzaaijer’s in Colorado Springs began with the doors opening…
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Pikes Pick: A flavorful adventure at north-side sushi spot in Colorado Springs
My kind of sushi? The pretty standard stuff, I admit. You know, the California roll and those tried-and-true combinations of spicy tuna, crab and shrimp tempura. Recently at Sushi Ato (12245 Voyager Parkway), my platter included colorful creations of salmon, yellowtail, mango and caramelized miso. Turns out it’s good to get out of your comfort…
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‘Granddaddy of Colorado Rodeos’ honors deep tradition in the west
Photos from 100 years ago show cowboys on horseback lining Gunnison’s main street, which was dirt in those days. Tyler Hansen likes to look at these photos, to see his western Colorado hometown how it used to be. “It was just an Old West town,” he said. For a week every July, Gunnison resembles that…
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Five options for streaming on the couch this weekend
Here’s one for hungry fans of period pieces: “My Brilliant Career.” Based on the novel of the same name by Miles Franklin, the new six-part Australian Netflix miniseries is set in rural Australia in 1900 and follows Sybella, a young farm girl who aches for a writing career. Her family and society’s expectations, along with…
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Fall drives, hikes and more: 6 base camps for colors in Colorado
Fall is all too fleeting in Colorado. It’s only for a brief time that our dearest aspens shine before shedding their leaves. And so we should cherish the time. We should stick around scenic towns at elevations where the trees thrive, putting on their best shows. Consider these base camps for the season, along with…
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Happy Trails: A hike between waterfalls in hills west of Colorado Springs
Thomas Trail West of Colorado Springs, the town of Green Mountain Falls lists Catamount Trail as “the Gem of GMF trails.” But not to be missed is a trail that connects to the lower part of that gem ー one that helped spark something of a trail revolution in this scenic little town. That’s the…
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‘Just a way of life:’ Growing and loving Colorado’s famed produce
A “million-dollar breeze” is said to drift through DeBeque Canyon, blessing the peach trees of Palisade. For the special fruit, western Colorado farmers have cited other factors: warm days and cool nights that are said to similarly bless other parts of the state where famed produce grows. To be a Coloradan is to be an…