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Flight plans
Comments | RecommendIn May, the trilling sound of the male broad-tailed hummingbird at dawn announces spring in the Rockies. At sunrise, the birds shoot over the dark treetops in dozens of valleys along the Front Range, letting the wind whistle through their wing feathers,...
HAPPY TRAILS: Muscoco Mountain
Comments | RecommendMuscoco Mountain, above Cheyenne Cañon, is in the city's backyard and also far off the beaten path. The climb up a ridge to a rarely visited summit is a perfect half-day hike. To get there: From downtown Colorado Springs, take U.S. Highway 24 west...
Happy trails
Comments | RecommendThis Monument-area classic winds through a hidden clutch of meadows where Monument Creek gets its start. This can either be done as a long bike loop or a there-and-back hike perfect for a picnic. Rating: Three boots. Four miles,...
Feel the heat
Comments | RecommendAfter years of changing little, the world of backpacking stoves is suddenly roiling with high-tech, user-friendly cooking systems that boil water twice as fast as the competition and often are as easy to light as a kitchen stove. It's been a long time...
Happy Trails: Gold Camp Trail
Comments | RecommendAnyone who has had a near-death experience thanks to the fast, downhill mountain-bike traffic on the Chutes Trail will appreciate the pedestrian-only Gold Camp Trail. To get there: Drive west on Cheyenne Boulevard to the entrance of North Cheyenne Cañon...
Speed demon: Pueblo kayak racer takes two years to refine technique and find his balance
Comments | RecommendTim Barnes is 49 years old and has two titanium hips, but it's not his age or his protheses that are the biggest obstacles to success in kayak racing. It's his inexperience. Barnes, a Pueblo native, took up sprint kayaking only two years ago, but this...
Happy Trails: Pueblo Nature Center Greenway
Comments | RecommendNature and Pueblo may not be two words you associate with each other, but Pueblo's Nature Center Greenway is a lush, inviting trail perfect for family bike rides and spring birding. Rating: One to three boots, up to 12 miles of paved trail, almost no...
Back to the beach
Comments | RecommendARAPAHOE BASIN - If you want to have a beach party in Colorado, you'd better bring your own sand. And it helps to bring a lot. "I figured I needed about three tons," Jim Roberts said Saturday as he shuttled wheelbarrows of the stuff from a trailer in...
Happy Trails: Red Fox Loop
Comments | RecommendThis rolling forest loop, which lopes through Fox Run Regional Park east of Monument, is a short hike good for families or a quick after-work jaunt. To get there: North of Colorado Springs, take the Baptist Road exit from Interstate 25. Go east four miles...
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