Generation Wild, part of Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) that connects kids with the outdoors, has launched Take Your Brain Out, an initiative aimed at offsetting the effects of excessive screentime on kids’ brains. According to Generation Wild, the average child spends more than seven hours a day looking at some kind of electronic device and […]
It’s no secret that this winter in Colorado has been dry. Very dry. Record-setting dry. Water levels in the Colorado River are so low that the flow past Lake Powell – which feeds Nevada, California and Arizona – is being reduced. With snow runoff from the mountains expected to be much lower than normal, Denver […]
There are a lot of books out in the wild about how to prepare, train, gear up, plan, survive or whatever for outdoor recreation. Some are pretty dense, some overly simplistic, some used as disguises to promote a line of products the author wants you to buy – and some are pretty good. My experience […]
As beautiful as Colorado is during the day, some of its real beauty comes out at night, when the state’s legendary dark skies really open up. I wrote about Colorado’s nocturnal elegance in an article back in July of last year. A petition drive is underway as the first step in creating a new “Dark […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is asking the CPW Commission at its next meeting on March 4 and 5 for permission to charge out-of-state visitors 50% more for a state parks day pass. It is doing so with no real effort to gather public input and with little justification, other than because the agency seeks […]
As a freelance writer and podcaster, I get emails every week asking me to review a product (NO), or write about some poll or survey about the “best trails” in Colorado, or promoting some vacation resort (still NO), but my favorites are from publishers asking me to look at a new book. Sometimes, the book […]
Being able to hike around – all the way around – the circumference of America’s Mountain on an unbroken system of connected trails has been a dream of outdoor enthusiasts in the Pikes Peak region for decades. It’s a dream that has been stymied by multitudes of governmental jurisdictions and land managers, along with private […]
This time of the year is rife with traditions. Traditional religious and family rites to go with the various holidays and some societal traditions, too, such as making New Year’s resolutions. I don’t know how many people actually make New Year’s resolutions, and of those how many people are serious about them, but I’ll give […]
It’s the gift-giving season and many of us have someone who engages in outdoor recreation on their gift list. Whether they hike, run, cycle, hunt, fish, ride horses, or whatever else you can dream of, finding a gift for the outdoor recreationist on your list can be a challenge. Making things tougher is that the […]
A 45-minute drive down Highway 115, Cañon City is a great hub of outdoor recreation activities. Both the town and nonprofit group Fremont Adventure Recreation (joinfar.org) have created great recreational opportunities. I have visited and hiked in the popular South Canyon and Temple Canyon parks on the south side of town and the Royal Gorge […]
It’s virtually impossible to enjoy outdoor recreation in the Pikes Peak region without relying on the many nonprofit organizations that call the region home. Whether it is building trails or building community, or cleaning up messes left behind or taking care of others, or advancing the big picture view of area recreation or the smaller […]
