Tag: garden of the gods
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‘Critical’ funds come amid excitement, worry around Colorado Springs quarry
Tuesday morning in the hills beyond Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs officials gathered to celebrate a promise of restoration. It was in celebration of a scar to be healed — and money to perhaps accomplish it. A $300,000 grant was announced as “instrumental” in the costly, complex process of Black Canyon Quarry’s pending reclamation. The…
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Motorless Morning set for Garden of the Gods
The summer traffic rush behind, people can breathe more freely now at Garden of the Gods. For one morning coming up, they can breathe nothing but fresh air — no fumes at all. Sunday, Oct. 6, is the park’s next scheduled Motorless Morning. People on foot, bike, skateboards and roller skates will have the looping, rolling…
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Through the ups and downs of life, father and son have climbed on
Craig Richard and his father, Ron Smith, share a deep bond rooted in their love of climbing, starting when Craig was just 5 years old at Garden of the Gods. Ron, an accomplished mountaineer who once summited Colorado’s highest peaks and North America’s Denali, now supports from the ground as Craig continues their legacy, climbing…
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$2M project to improve safety, accessibility at Garden of the Gods set to begin later this year
Colorado Springs officials soon will begin a new project at Garden of the Gods they say will enhance the visitor experience for its 5 million annual guests by improving park safety and increasing accessibility. Over the course of about nine months, crews will install 8,000 linear feet of new waterline and new fire hydrants in the…
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National parks are fantasy worlds in the maps of a Colorado artist
Not long ago in his parents’ Colorado Springs home, a young man came by his boyhood pen. This was the Lamy Safari Fountain pen Alex Burden had used some 20 years ago during elementary school in Germany. “The last time I used one was in third grade,” he recalled. Now he got an idea. With…
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Garden of the Gods will offer rare peace and quiet for upcoming morning
In the middle of the busy season at Garden of the Gods, an upcoming morning promises rare serenity. June 26 is the next scheduled Early Bird Hike and Bike at the park. From 5-8 a.m. that Wednesday, Garden of the Gods’ entrances will be closed to vehicles for people on foot or self-powered wheels to…
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Tips and tricks for navigating rattlesnake season in the Pikes Peak region
With spring in full swing, it is not just people who are coming out and enjoying the nice weather after a long winter; it is rattlesnake season in the Pikes Peak region. Spring and fall are primetime for rattlesnakes as the weather is conducive for them, not too hot or cold. In the summertime, people…
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Tips and tricks for navigating rattlesnake season in the Pikes Peak region
With spring in full swing, it is not just people who are coming out and enjoying the nice weather after a long winter; it is rattlesnake season in the Pikes Peak region. Spring and fall are primetime for rattlesnakes as the weather is conducive for them, not too hot or cold. In the summertime, people…
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A Colorado Springs writer of today reflects on Helen Hunt Jackson’s words of yesterday
Ahead of Red Rock Canyon opening in 2005 to be one of Colorado Springs’ favorite public grounds, Stewart Green was tasked with establishing climbing routes across the sandstone walls. This led him to naming some of the formations. One was the unmistakable behemoth appearing to submerge near the park’s center — “the whale,” Green called…
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Tips and tricks for navigating rattlesnake season in Colorado Springs
With spring in full swing, it is not just people who are coming out and enjoying the nice weather after a long winter; it is rattlesnake season in Colorado Springs. Spring and fall are primetime for rattlesnakes as the weather is conducive for them, not too hot or cold. In the summertime, people do not…