Tag: state parks
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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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Iconic summit trail in southern Colorado making summer debut
A trail to the top of an iconic mountain in southern Colorado is about to open for its first summer. Starting Aug. 1, the seasonal closure for raptor nesting on Fishers Peak’s upper cliffs will lift — granting hikers access to the chimney-like summit looming 9,600 feet over Trinidad. The summit trail debuted late last fall,…
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Visitation at Colorado state parks continues to dip after record years
Visitation to Colorado’s state parks continues to dip after record years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports 17.8 million people went to the parks in 2023. According to data provided, that’s a 9% drop from the record year of 2020, when closer to 19.5 million visitors were counted across the parks. The…
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Visitation at Colorado state parks continues to dip after record years
Visitation to Colorado’s state parks continues to dip after record years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports 17.8 million people went to the parks in 2023. According to data provided, that’s a 9% drop from the record year of 2020, when closer to 19.5 million visitors were counted across the parks. The…
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Visitation at Colorado state parks continues to dip after record years
Visitation to Colorado’s state parks continues to dip after record years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports 17.8 million people went to the parks in 2023. According to data provided, that’s a 9% drop from the record year of 2020, when closer to 19.5 million visitors were counted across the parks. The…
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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 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
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…
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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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New Year’s Day hikes in Colorado | Trails recommended at state parks
Coloradans flocked to the outdoors in 2020 — and the trend will surely continue on the first day of 2021. As per American tradition, state parks are inviting families to hike New Year’s Day morning. The National Association of State Park Directors reported nearly 85,000 people across the country in 2020 rang in the new…