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Epic Pass look out, there’s a new player in town. The Ikon Pass has arrived. The biggest revenue generator to Colorado’s economy is tourism. And a huge part of that revenue is generated in the wintertime through Colorado’s ski industry, with an estimated 5 billion dollars economic impact coming via…
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I’d passed the sign hundreds of times before. But as I drove the Peak to Peak Highway today and saw the familiar brown sign with white letters etched into it, I took the time to think about it. Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest Much of the land that surrounds Nederland…
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Here’s a trivia question for you. Who is Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.? Not exactly the kind of name you can picture featured on a marquee. Which is in large part why Henry changed his name upon embarking on a musical career to the more memorable John Denver, naming it after…
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The ripped apart bloody remains of the deer were the first sign. The giant paw prints in the snow, showing five distinct pads were the second sign. Make no mistake — the Rocky Mountains of Colorado are mountain lion habitat. Living in the Sierra Mountains of California and now the…
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