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Daily pass fees could increase at popular state parks in Denver area
Daily vehicle pass fees could increase at a pair of popular state parks in the Denver area. Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners recently heard proposals to add $2 to those passes at Chatfield and Golden Gate Canyon state parks. The extra charge would bring the daily vehicle pass to $12 at the two parks. The…
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Free day coming up at Colorado state parks
Colorado’s birthday comes with a gift for nature-loving residents. As per tradition for Colorado Day — the day marking statehood granted in 1876 — state parks will waive admission fees. That will be on Aug. 5, the Monday following Colorado Day on Aug. 1. For those without a Keep Colorado Wild Pass or any other season…
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Mission complete on 28-mile trail through Denver’s south metro
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Residents of Denver’s southern suburbs are celebrating the completion of a long-awaited trail connecting their neighborhoods. More than 20 years in the making, the East/West Regional Trail has been completed. Douglas County officials recently hosted…
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Mission complete on 28-mile trail through Denver’s south metro
Residents of Denver’s southern suburbs are celebrating the completion of a long-awaited trail connecting their neighborhoods. More than 20 years in the making, the East/West Regional Trail has been completed. Douglas County officials recently hosted a celebration near the Rueter-Hess Incline, a portal for the regional trail in Parker. A 4.7-mile stretch from that recreation…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FRANKTOWN — Inside Castlewood Canyon State Park, where worldly troubles seem to float away with the creek and with the clouds out to snowcapped peaks beyond, a certain reality occurred to Trevor Girten. “Prices are only going up it seems,” he said Friday on his…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
FRANKTOWN — Inside Castlewood Canyon State Park, where worldly troubles seem to float away with the creek and with the clouds out to snowcapped peaks beyond, a certain reality occurred to Trevor Girten. “Prices are only going up it seems,” he said Friday on his first hike of the new year. That was the case…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Data confirms what the eye suggested at Colorado’s state parks in 2020: unprecedented visitation. Numbers were not yet final by the end of December, with counts still being logged from that month and some of…
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Record visitation at Colorado state parks in 2020 spells ‘high-use’ fees
Data confirms what the eye suggested at Colorado’s state parks in 2020: unprecedented visitation. Numbers were not yet final by the end of December, with counts still being logged from that month and some of November. But the 18.3 million visitors reported so far were up from the 14.8 million total in 2019 — a…