Looking for a winter hike? Try these two trails in Estes Park

By Tyler Pialet, Trail-Gazette When snow falls in Estes Park and neighboring Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), there’s no reason to pack away the hiking shoes for the season. Along the East side of the park which receives lighter snowfall than the West, almost all of the low-elevation trails are open for hiking in the
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Looks like Dead & Company is planning a return to Boulder’s Folsom Field for fourth straight summer

It appears the Dead will grow in Folsom Field second summer, since the University of Colorado let the cat out of the bag Dead & Company’s intends to play Boulder for its fourth consecutive year. The band — featuring John Mayer and also three of the four surviving members of the Grateful Dead — has
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Looking for a wintry hot spring? Try remote, serene Strawberry Park.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — “You’re in hot water today, young man! ” my mother used to shout. I was in serious issue. Possibly my proclivity for trouble inspired a passion for simmering in hot water, particularly when it’therefore out of a geothermal spring. Through time, I’ve dipped my body into innumerable hot springs in Colorado and
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Blue-collar buddha John Prine returns to Colorado with “The Tree of Forgiveness”

John Prine has scrawled almost an album’s worth of tunes into the American Songbook. His self-titled 1971 album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame at 2015, set involving a John Coltrane album and Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode. ” Bob Dylan lists him one of his favorite songwriters of all time. Yet, 48
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Colorado resorts are moving family time from apres-ski to the slopes

From Amy Tara Koch Family time might not be the very first thing that comes to mind when you think of frightening downhill runs like Corbet’s Couloir in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Highland Bowl in Aspen, Colorado, or the Big Couloir in Big Sky, Montana. This is precisely why so many ski destinations celebrated because of
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Free Night at the Museums and more top picks for Denver Arts Week 2018, Nov. 2-10

Denver Arts Week is 1 part advertising for the region’s ethnic offerings and also one area inspiration for civic-minded citizens to get out and make the most of all the great things going on here. The simple fact that it includes a couple of excellent bargains on local attractions which makes it hard to resist.
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Breckenridge, Keystone ski areas opening earlier than planned, with first chairs Wednesday

Breckenridge and Keystone ski areas pushed their 2018 openings to Wednesday, marking the first time in 10 years the two have opened according to the release. Both regions were initially scheduled to start Friday, but a mixture of consistent snowmaking and a great deal of pure snow helped move the date. Five feet of snow fell
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5 ski scenes from this year’s Warren Miller film that will blow you away

You don’T Even want to be stuck in line for popcorn and miss these scenes in Your 69th Warren Miller ski and snowboard Movie, “Face of Winter,” now touring Colorado: Iceland (segment No. 5): Summer heli-skiing close to the Arctic Circle, located out of a household farm dating back 1,200 years and featuring 4,000-foot descents looming across the
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After 30 years, cross country skiing makes “fabulously cool” return to Warren Miller with Aspen native

This year’s celebration of winter experience from Warren Miller Entertainment works up the standard spectacle of skiing and snowboarding in exotic locales that always makes viewers ache to hit the slopes and envy the power of those who make extreme look simple. There’s also a surprise in this year’s movie: a section that portrays cross
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The 9 best deals you can score around Denver this November

Billy, an Asian elephant, appreciates the cool waters since he waits to get a treat by zookeeper Dani Lints during a demonstration in the Denver Zoo on Aug. 12, 2018. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) Wild and free Monkey around with the family in the Denver Zoo this season, without breaking your budget. The
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