Tag: trails
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Trail Talk: Consider being a Friend to Colorado Springs area trails, parks and open spaces
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Over the years, I’ve shared stories about many of the region’s amazing Friends groups. These volunteers help maintain parks, trails and open spaces in and around Colorado Springs. They cheerfully repair and close trails, remove invasive weeds, pick up trash (including dog waste) and paint…
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Trail Talk: Consider being a Friend to Colorado Springs area trails, parks and open spaces
Over the years, I’ve shared stories about many of the region’s amazing Friends groups. These volunteers help maintain parks, trails and open spaces in and around Colorado Springs. They cheerfully repair and close trails, remove invasive weeds, pick up trash (including dog waste) and paint picnic tables. According to the Independent Sector, volunteer help is…
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Popular trail near Pikes Peak remains open during land dispute
The owner of a piece of property that overlaps the Horsethief Park Trail is allowing hikers to trek through his property after warning the public last week that the section of trail would close. Mark Locke, the owner of a 29-acre plot in Teller County, erected a sign warning hikers of an impending closure July…
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Popular trail near Pikes Peak remains open during land dispute
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The owner of a piece of property that overlaps the Horsethief Park Trail is allowing hikers to trek through his property after warning the public last week that the section of trail would close. Mark Locke, the owner of a 29-acre plot in Teller County,…
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Popular hiking trail near Pikes Peak closing amid land dispute
Horsethief Park Trail, a popular hiking path that leads to several scenic spots around Pikes Peak, will shut down Thursday because a private landowner is closing access to the portion of their property that overlaps with the trail, U.S. Forest Service officials said. Forest Service spokeswoman Crystal Young said a 2020 land survey found that 76…
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Popular hiking trail near Pikes Peak closing amid land dispute
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Horsethief Park Trail, a popular hiking path that leads to several scenic spots around Pikes Peak, will shut down Thursday because a private landowner is closing access to the portion of their property that overlaps with the trail, U.S. Forest Service officials said. Forest Service spokeswoman…
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Panorama Park groundbreaking expected next month amid several voter-approved parks projects
The extra $7 million Colorado Springs voters approved spending on parks in 2019 is expected to refresh Monument Valley Park and help build new features in a southeast Colorado Springs park, among a variety of other projects. Construction of the extensive new features in 13-acre Panorama Park near east Fountain Boulevard and Jet Wing Drive…
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HAPPY TRAILS | Incline Challenge in Parker
Sights and sounds from the Rueter-Hess Incline Challenge in Parker, Colorado. (Video by Seth Boster)
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Colorado Springs City Council splits on allowing homebuilders to dedicate less parkland to the city
A few Colorado Springs City Council members during a work session Monday strongly opposed and questioned lowering how much parkland developers must dedicate to the city when they build new homes. “Once this is lost, it can never be recovered,” Councilman Bill Murray said of land dedication requirements. The proposed parkland dedication rules would lower…
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HAPPY TRAILS | Iron Mountain in Manitou Springs
Sights and sounds from Iron Mountain Trail in Manitou Springs, Colorado. (Video by Seth Boster)