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Coloradans (and Colorado visitors) love to get outdoors, whether it's to ski and stargaze, to camp and hike -- or to drive onto dirt roads until they get stuck and have to be rescued.
hiking
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CU Denver creating lab to test outdoors gear in partnership with Outside Inc.
Officially called The Outside Lab at CU Denver, its mission will be to provide a space where faculty, students, Outside editors and entrepreneurs in the outdoors industry can test skiing, running, hiking gear and other outdoors equipment using highly sophisticated...
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Waterton Canyon to close Thursday for maintenance
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camping
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First-of-its-kind hiking permit may be required in Colorado’s gorgeous Blue Lakes
The USFS also wants to ban camping above treeline and eliminate dispersed camping near the Blue Lakes trailhead.
travel
Nearly 100 cargo workers at DIA go on strike Monday, protesting unsafe work conditions
Nearly 100 Swissport cargo workers at the Denver International Airport are on strike Monday, protesting unsafe work conditions they say the company has been ignoring for more than a year.
wildlife
Boulder County bighorn sheep was single, ready to mingle … and stuck on a roof
A bighorn sheep became stuck on the roof and deck of a Boulder County home...
fishing
Crew of Colorado boat wins $3.6 million in Bisbee’s fishing tournaments
A crew manning a Colorado boat won the annual Bisbee's fishing tournaments in Los Cabos,...
water sports
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A Colorado river guide is on a quest to set a new women’s record for rowing from California to Hawaii
Kelsey Pfendler, a rafting guide in Buena Vista, is preparing for a grueling race across...
running
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Coloradans with neurodegenerative diseases turn to pingpong for rehabilitation. Scientists are paying attention.
The Colorado-based NeuroPong program is being researched by scientists investigating the link between neurodegenerative conditions...
Outdoors
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Colorado’s best ski-area snow stakes have become webcam celebrities
When a ski resort's snow stake isn't just a snow stake.