Tag: ring the peak
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GOCO’s $2.5 million gift signals potential for project surrounding Pikes Peak | Trail Talk
I’m hoping you’ve read about the $2.5 million Great Outdoors Colorado award to improve and protect Pikes Peak. Conservation buddies have asked me, “Is this a good thing?” No, it’s a great thing! I admit to bias. The Trails and Open Space Coalition led the effort to complete the Ring the Peak Trail for 10-plus…
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Colorado Springs Utilities, Parks and Wildlife plan to expand recreation at Rosemont Reservoir
A new agreement between Colorado Springs Utilities and Colorado Parks and Wildlife will soon bring camping and boats to Rosemont Reservoir. The Utilities Board of Directors approved the resolution to add the new recreation amenities on Wednesday afternoon. The reservoir was built by the Broadmoor Hotel in the 1920s and has been owned by Utilities…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages,…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages,…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages, called the Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative Vision Plan. After more than three years of meetings in El Paso, Teller and…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages, called the Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative Vision Plan. After more…
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Continuous 60-mile loop trail, new management part of finalized ‘vision plan’ for Pikes Peak
Local and state elected officials and outdoor industry leaders recently gathered in Colorado Springs to celebrate what Becky Leinweber called “a milestone moment.” That was the moment represented by a document spanning hundreds of pages, called the Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative Vision Plan. After more than three years of meetings in El Paso, Teller and…
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It’s been a complicated era of recreation on Pikes Peak. Is a new era on the horizon?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One morning last week, Cory Sutela was driving from Colorado Springs to Denver to present a trail project seeking funds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The trail, back in his home Pikes Peak region, had been built around a private development close to Pike National…
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It’s been a complicated era of recreation on Pikes Peak. Is a new era on the horizon?
One morning last week, Cory Sutela was driving from Colorado Springs to Denver to present a trail project seeking funds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The trail, back in his home Pikes Peak region, had been built around a private development close to Pike National Forest. “It’s less than a half-mile away from a Forest…
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New mission hopes to achieve conservation, recreation dreams in Pikes Peak region
A new effort aims to realize the Pikes Peak region’s “biggest, most ambitious conservation and recreation goals.” That’s the description of the initiative called Elevate the Peak, which was recently announced on a website launched by Colorado Springs-based Palmer Land Conservancy. The nonprofit with a 40-year track record and a $2.5 million-plus annual budget is…