Wednesday, January 29, is Local Appreciation Day. Lift tickets will be $68 for adults and $49 for seniors and $34 children. Everyone is considered a local…
Category: Environment/Recreation
A Range-riding Rancher Finds Peace with Wolf Reintroduction
Good range riders are acutely aware how to approach cattle as well as and how to maintain the health of the rangelands…
20 Wolves Released in Second Year of Colorado Reintroduction Program
“Our goal is to keep ranchers ranching, while at the same time restoring a healthy, sustainable population of gray wolves to Colorado as mandated….”
Results of Audubon’s 2024 Christmas Bird Count
Locally, we only have 14 years of data, but even within that window of time, we have seen similar changes on our own regional landscape…
Get Ready for WinterFest This Weekend
Beginning at 1pm on Sunday, the crazy plungers take to the frigid San Juan River for the Penguin Plunge…
Today is a Special Day at Wolf Creek Ski Area
Photo courtesy Wolf Creek Ski Area. The 85th Day of Wolf Creek’s 85th Year is today, January 14! This special day will feature stickers for READ MORE
Second Year of Gray Wolf Translocation Begins in Colorado
“Colorado is the first state to have a wolf management plan that ranchers and wildlife restorationists agreed to…”
Forest Carbon Inventory Details Recent Trends in Colorado
By Kristy Burnett The Forest Carbon Inventory report, released last week by the Colorado State Forest Service, provides detailed estimates of the carbon captured, stored READ MORE
Cultural Educator Jon Ghahate to Give Chimney Rock Lecture Jan. 21
Join us as Jon Ghahate discusses “Ancestral Puebloans to Contemporary SW Pueblos: Science, Community, Languages & Cultures…”
Wolf Creek Gets 4 Fresh Inches
Sunday, January 12, is Wolf Creek’s 85th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt… Find as many stickers hidden throughout the mountain as you can…
Feds Investigate ‘Illegal Killing’ of Reintroduced Colorado Wolf
The USFWS investigation is the first of its kind following the first release of 10 wolves captured in Oregon in Grand and Summit counties…
Wolf Creek Ski Race Results
The event drew an impressive field of 59 racers, with participants traveling from near and far…
Colorado Avalanche Information Center Warns of High Avalanche Danger
CAIC warns of dangerous avalanche conditions through New Year’s Day, with heavy snowfall and increased holiday recreation…
Wolf Creek Ski Area Sees a Bit of Powder
Lift tickets are at Peak Rates. $103 for adults, $72 for Seniors, and $55 for Children…
BIG PIVOTS: How to Quit the Carbon Navel Gazing
Auden Schendler, Aspen’s blunt but savvy climate-change warrior, explains the failure of business sustainabiltiy efforts…
Santa Visits Wolf Creek Ski Area Today
The white dog has been rescued! The pup will be taken to the Pagosa Springs Humane Society today…
Colorado Celebrates ‘EV Fast-Charging Corridor Program’
“Colorado’s leadership in building out a robust EV fast-charging network is a huge milestone for ensuring that everyone has equitable access to the benefits of electric transportation…”
Hundreds of Oil and Gas Sites in Colorado Where Contamination Data was Falsified
“We were moving quickly to get this information to the public, and that crunched our time to have some earlier conversations….”