DEL NORTE – Water is flowing so high and fast that recreational access to the Rio Grande river has been shut down indefinitely from near the headwaters around Creede through Del Norte, down to Alamosa and beyond. The river hit flood stage in Del Norte Wednesday afternoon, a condition that is forecast to persist at […]
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Hardrock 100 ultrarun canceled by avalanche debris, high-water risk
SILVERTON — The Hardrock 100 ultrarun through Colorado’s southwestern mountains has been canceled because of this year’s heavy snowfall and avalanche debris. In an announcement Monday, Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run director Dale Garland said that conditions on much the 100-mile course through the San Juan Mountains are uncertain. MORE: Too much snow is a headache […]
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50,000 old photos in Golden are helping scientists answer new questions about climate change
American Alpine Club Library Director Katie Sauter spends a lot of time in the climate-controlled special collections room, flipping through hundred-year-old photographs, black and white images of climbers posing in front of the world’s mountains and glaciers in the early 1900s. While the library is primarily maintained for climbers and historians, there is another interested […]
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Interior Secretary Bernhardt came home to Colorado — and the swamp monsters were waiting for him in Vail
VAIL — Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is looking at every job in the Bureau of Land Management to determine two things: Is the role essential? And does it need to be based in Washington, D.C.? Once the newly confirmed secretary finishes answering those questions, he said, he can support the push to relocate the land […]
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Colorado’s rivers are starting to swell — but there are still feet of snow left to melt in the high country
There is still snow left to melt — feet deep in some areas — in Colorado’s high country as the state’s rivers begin to swell after one of the heaviest winters in recent memory. Forecasters say the Colorado, Yampa and Animas rivers in the western half of the state could be running above normal into […]
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For one Colorado family, a son’s Everest ascent was a 36-hour exercise in anxiety
When Peter Lowry summited Mount Everest on May 23, he didn’t do it alone. His family back home in Colorado was with him every step of the way, thanks to Cybercast, a blog managed by his climbing company that tracked the team’s movements. “We were glued to the Cybercast. We would check it […]
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Colorado climber stepped over newly dead bodies to summit Everest. He’s still wrestling with what it all means.
Dr. Peter Lowry, a 38-year-old radiologist from Golden, passed two bodies on May 23, casting a shadow on his life-long dream mere steps from the summit of Mount Everest. “I thought I would see bodies from five, 10, 20 years ago. Not from this season. I did not mentally prepare to see people who had […]
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Snowy winter boosts Colorado ski towns to record-breaking sales tax revenues
It was yet another banner year for Colorado’s resort communities, with at least five ski towns boasting record sales tax revenue for the 2018-19 ski season A tally of taxable sales from December through March for Aspen, Breckenridge, Vail, Winter Park and Telluride reveals record spending in the towns. While skier visits to Colorado’s resorts […]
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Bureau of Land Management more likely to relocate to Denver than Grand Junction, Polis says
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says the Bureau of Land Management is more likely to relocate its headquarters to Denver than Grand Junction, even though his administration is more supportive of the federal agency moving to the Western Slope. Either way, the Democrat said he’s “cautiously optimistic” Colorado will win the bidding war with other Western […]
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Southern Colorado is learning a tough lesson: Too much snow is a headache for the summer economy
SILVERTON — The exceptionally snowy winter has created dangerous backcountry conditions that persist as southwest Colorado heads into its busy summer season. Remote mountain towns, including Silverton, are grappling to find a balance between supporting a booming summer economy, built on people exploring the high country on foot, bikes and off-road vehicles, and keeping all […]