Author: Seth Boster
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Renewed lift service anticipated at formerly abandoned ski area in southern Colorado
A long dormant chairlift could run again this winter, marking a major moment in a ski area’s revival in southern Colorado. Nonprofit Panadero Ski Corp. (PSC) recently announced it was on the verge of gaining state approvals and once again loading the chairlift at the base of the old ski area near Cuchara that was…
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In Cañon City, site of historic industry seen as ‘catalyst’ for reimagined riverfront
In southern Colorado, a hub of historic industry could be transformed into a major hub of river recreation. This is the possibility of Cañon City’s Riverfront Initiative centered on 22 acres being called Western Gateway Park, the former site of a coal-fired power plant built in 1897 on the western edge of town off U.S.…
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Pikes Pick: ‘Train Dreams’ inspires deep reflections
The West is industrializing around the turn of the century, and a quiet logger does his part while starting a family and contemplating nature, change and his place in the fast, modernizing world. It’s the simple premise of a poignant movie that inspires our own reflections on life, loss and unrelenting time. “Train Dreams” is…
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Colorado’s Uncle Joey, global mountain biking ambassador, gets Hall of Fame moment
In 1999, while living in a bus parked somewhere high in Colorado’s central mountains, Joey Klein started to write a cover letter. This was for a job with the Boulder-based International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), which was looking for someone to drive a sponsored Subaru around the country to promote trail building and maintenance. This…
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Colorado’s largest wilderness area growing, popular trails protected
Colorado’s biggest wilderness area is getting bigger, and popular trails are gaining protections. That was the message of a recent announcement by The Wilderness Trust, which has long worked to acquire privately owned pockets within the nation’s most protected landscapes. A focus lately has been the Weminuche Wilderness, spanning 499,771 acres of western Colorado —…
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Rocky Mountain National Park at ‘tipping point’ with moose
Moose’s impact on one of Colorado’s most cherished landscapes has been a concern over the years. Now, Rocky Mountain National Park officials are launching an effort to address it. A recent webinar marked “the very beginning of this planning process,” Will Deacy – the park’s large mammal ecologist – emphasized to the virtual audience. This…
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A ‘dinosaur tree’ and its prehistoric journey to a Colorado greenhouse
Back in September, Malinda Barberio received an email from someone claiming to have a Wollemi pine. No way, thought Barberio, the University of Colorado greenhouse manager. “Because I know what they are,” she said. She knew the Wollemi pine to be extremely rare, previously thought to be gone with the dinosaurs, which are believed to…
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Colorado’s Cam Smith heading to Olympics for first year of ski mountaineering
In the first year of an Olympic sport, Colorado will represent. That’s after Crested Butte’s Cam Smith raced to a stunning victory at the ski mountaineering World Cup at Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah. He did so alongside Anna Gibson of Jackson Hole, Wyo., the two of them forming the first-place relay team that some…
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Pikes Pick: ‘Crappy Hour’ is happiest hour at Colorado Springs pub
At one of Colorado Springs’ favorite brewpubs, “Crappy Hour” is the happiest hour. That’s Cerberus Brewing Co.’s name for an enticing winter promotion: When it’s below 25 degrees, get 25% off your bill. Nothing like discounted comfort food and beer to warm you up. — Seth Boster
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The ridden word: Mobile bookshop roams Colorado Springs
Tally Kerr believes books sustain us, like food. And if there are food trucks, let there be book trucks. Let there be Roadrunner Bookshop, this book-filled trailer Kerr has been hauling around Colorado Springs this year. She’s often been parking next to food trucks, like this one at this brewery this afternoon. Kerr has been…