Author: Seth Boster seth.boster@gazette.com
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Troubled waters: Closures, cautions cast cloud over fishing season in Colorado
Amid the heat of mid-July in Colorado Springs, about a dozen rainbow trout floated in a pond outside Angler’s Covey, lifeless. “We just couldn’t keep our pond cool enough, even with trying to keep water flowing in there,” said the fly shop’s longtime owner, David Leinweber. It was a troubling sign of the times across…
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From ‘double dipped’ to ‘fire:’ The best wings 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: Wings. Gold: The Edge Bar & Grill On the plains in Peyton, it has long simply been…
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5 streaming options to get you through the weekend
I’m sorry if you missed “Project Hail Mary” in theaters. It’s one of those dazzling space movies best viewed on the big screen. It’s also just a good, fun movie that will more than satisfy on your home screen. Now streaming on Amazon Prime, see what had critics and audiences raving in the spring, when…
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Happy Trails: Exploring wild backside of Red Rock Canyon Open Space in Colorado Springs
Sand Canyon Trail One can spend years in Colorado Springs and still discover new trails in one of the city’s most popular recreation hubs. We were reminded of this at our last visit to Red Rock Canyon Open Space. Of course we’ve been long familiar with Contemplative Trail, which tours geology on the open space’s…
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Celebrating Colorado’s 150th birthday with 150 miles of classic trail
Colorado’s trail mileage is as endless as the sky on a classic, bluebird day, as vast and varied as the elevations and wilds that joined the Union on Aug. 1, 1876. Colorado’s 150th anniversary of statehood is here. Which got us to thinking about 150 miles of trail ー among the countless that capture the…
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Spice it up: The best Indian food in Colorado Springs according to voters
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: Indian. Gold: Little Nepal Little Nepal has been racking up the highest Best of the Springs honors…
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Ever seen a bear climbing to the top of Pikes Peak? It might be more common than you think
Earlier this month, Daniel Prutz was slowly, carefully making his way over loose, jagged and vertical rock high on Pikes Peak when he froze at a strange sight. It was somewhere near 13,700 feet, he said ー “this big, black blob between the rocks.” His mind went to a bear. “I’m like, no way, bears…
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Ever seen a bear climbing to the top of Pikes Peak? It might be more common than you think
Earlier this month, Daniel Prutz was slowly, carefully making his way over loose, jagged and vertical rock high on Pikes Peak when he froze at a strange sight. It was somewhere near 13,700 feet, he said ー “this big, black blob between the rocks.” His mind went to a bear. “I’m like, no way, bears…
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Ever seen a bear climbing to the top of Pikes Peak? It might be more common than you think
Earlier this month, Daniel Prutz was slowly, carefully making his way over loose, jagged and vertical rock high on Pikes Peak when he froze at a strange sight. It was somewhere near 13,700 feet, he said ー “this big, black blob between the rocks.” His mind went to a bear. “I’m like, no way, bears…
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Spice it up: The best Indian food in Colorado Springs according to voters
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: Indian. Gold: Little Nepal Little Nepal has been racking up the highest Best of the Springs honors…