This year, try setting down your camera and engage in a larger appreciation of what makes autumn so spectacular
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A quarter-mile trail doesn’t sound like much. But at 11,540 feet, we breathed hard. Unlike us, wind-twisted bristlecone pines thrive at this elevation under harsh conditions other trees can’t tolerate.
Fragile flowers only inches high form colorful mats and cushions of bloom from late June through early August on the tundra, an ecosystem that starts where the trees stop at about 11,500 feet. This column is a roundup of trails that let you skip the upward climb through the spruce/fir forest. Most of these trails […]
Colorado’s waterfalls are at their thunderous, tumultuous best in June when the snow melt sends torrents of water down from the mountains. Everyone is mesmerized by the sound and sight of waterfalls, so here’s a list of our favorites in Boulder County.
For the third year in a row, the eggs at the Boulder County Fairgrounds osprey nest have not successfully hatched.
With two of three osprey eggs at the Boulder County Fairgrounds having cracked, officials hope that the remaining egg will hatch by the end of its incubation period Thursday.
Sensuous red rocks, blooming wildflowers, and chitter-chattering birds make the steep climb on the Geologic Overlook Trail worth the effort.
Spring wildflowers are late this year. The first Easter daisies usually bloom for Glenn’s birthday, March 2.
Nuclear forces on high alert. Two million evacuees. Photos of bloody children and haunted eyes. The potential for escalation. The knowledge that humans have the weaponry to end all life, shatter this amazing, spinning blue ball, and that our economies and power structures and governments and egos have put those weapons into the hands of […]
Birds flock to Waneka and Heckla lakes in Lafayette, and so do birdwatchers. Circling either lake is a good option, but you can easily walk between them by connecting various trails and residential sidewalks.
