People traveling to Eldorado Canyon State Park by car will need a timed-entry ticket on summer weekends if the parks commission approves a recommendation this week, in a first-ever attempt by the state to handle soaring use across Colorado open spaces. Online reservations would be free under the proposal, but would limit car visits to […]
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When Virginia Iglesias goes climbing in Eldorado Canyon or skis the Gore Range, she tries to block out all the big data she collects as a researcher for the University of Colorado’s Earth Lab climate change section. But it’s hard to ignore. The wildfire smoke and ozone choking her climbing friends and obscuring the views […]
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1 dead, 1 injured in rock climbing accident near Boulder
BOULDER — A man was killed and another was seriously injured when they fell 150-200 feet while rock climbing near Boulder. Boulder County sheriff’s officials say the men were starting the third pitch of the Wind Ridge route in Eldorado Canyon State Park on Thursday evening when they fell and landed against a tree. Climbers […]