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Retailers are seeing spike in backcountry gear sales. That has avalanche educators, search teams worried.
As ski resorts announce plans to manage crowds, avalanche equipment sales are soaring, leaving search and rescue teams and land managers bracing for record crowds exploring snowy mountains.
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George Gore’s bloody legacy could soon be erased from Colorado’s mountains, replaced with a nod to the Utes
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
More Colorado fishing holes have closed this year than in the past 10. Anglers are rushing to fill their freezers.
By Dan England Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Bluebird Backcountry is expanding just as uphill skiing is expected to explode during coronavirus
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
A former mining camp is converting into a boutique getaway, sparking hope in Montrose County’s West End
By Jason Blevins Growth Primary category in which blog post is published
How Colorado’s independent Wolf Creek ski area plans to navigate a coronavirus reopening
Unlike Vail Resorts, which last week announced a reservation system that requires pass holders to book high-season ski days well in advance, Wolf Creek is adjusting its pricing
EPA announces Colorado-based office dedicated to cleaning up abandoned mines
The Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains will take charge of remediating abandoned mine lands, including the Gold King Mine in southwest Colorado
Drive-in theaters in Colorado and beyond are seeing increased traffic with big-name concerts, events
Outdoor theaters are feeing the pinch of the slow rollout of new movies, but Garth Brooks and Metallica are keeping rural drive-ins afloat
Want to ski at a Vail Resorts mountain during coronavirus? You’ll need a reservation.
Forget the dreamy scene where you wake to a foot of fresh and race to the ski area
Trump’s ban on visa workers breathes new life into college-age ski bumming in Colorado’s resort towns
Ski area operators are reporting a surge in applications from college students and locals as hiring strategies, operational plans shift in the pandemic.
Blazes in Colorado, California may be part of a climate-driven transformation of wildfires around the globe
Wildfires from Australia to Siberia are not just larger, hotter and faster, but burning in areas and seasons where they were previously rare.
What’s killing Mount Evans’ mountain goats? A research team is collecting their poop to solve the mystery.
Disease first struck in 2013, when a generation of young goats was wiped out because of severe E. coli infection. Researchers wonder if it’s linked to human waste.
Body of park ranger found in Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins
The ranger's boat was found empty on Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins on Thursday night after a "strong wind event"
Train service resumes in Glenwood Canyon, wildfires grow to a combined 179,000 acres
It could be several more days before motorists will be allowed on Interstate 70 through the mountain corridor.
