Hosted by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Fat Marmot Week (Aug. 24-29) aims to raise awareness about the yellow-bellied marmot, which gains girth as it grazes in alpine meadows during the summer months.
If you’ve ever driven to Arapahoe Basin on a powder day, you know how difficult it can be to find a parking spot, let alone one at “the beach” where you jump right on the slopes. That’s one of the issues the ski area hopes to address in the coming years through a series of construction projects that aim to improve snowmaking, avalanche mitigation and, of course, guest parking.
Have one, leave one. Need one, take one. That’s the ethos behind the Flybrary Project, which seeks to unite fly fishing enthusiasts from Colorado to the Seychelles with a growing network of fly patches where they can share and borrow lures.
Camping app The Dyrt recently released its regionally-based top 10 best camping destination lists. Shavano Mountain ranked No. 3 in the mountain region and, surprisingly, was the only Colorado spot to make the cut.
Before skiing, three Colorado towns boomed with 19th century mining. Aspen, Breckenridge and Telluride lured gold and silver seekers hoping to strike it rich.
Summit County Lost Pet Rescue helped find a dog who had been missing in Colorado for 29 days.
Though pretty, the corn lily wildflower is toxic to animals and also unattractive to many traditional pollinators.
Denver opened new ‘Adventure Hubs’ at City Park and Washington Park where visitors can rent pedal boats shaped like swan, dragons and more, as well as bikes, for an hourly rate.
On days when the air quality index is “unhealthy” for people to breathe (an AQI between 151 and 200), experts advise limiting your dog’s activity and exercise. High intensity activity, like runs or big hikes, should also be reduced when the air quality is less than ideal.
Amid a devastating drought, rafters and kayakers can find rapids and enough river flows for rafting on the Colorado River because of water rights and the state’s labyrinthine water management rules.