Colorado: Winter hiking in the Collegiate Range - Summit County Citizens Voice

Colorado: Winter hiking in the Collegiate Range Summit County Citizens Voice The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area comprises 168000 acres of the Sawatch Range, including nine of the 14000 foot peaks in Colorado. Fifty miles south of Copper Mountain, Missouri Gulch Trail ascends south from a trailhead parking area west of Clear ...

Pedal to the powder: Fat bikes pushing the sport into the snow - Kansas City Star

Pedal to the powder: Fat bikes pushing the sport into the snow Kansas City Star But it's not just bravado or hubris against the elements that compels the Colorado Springs, Colo., Cycling Club to schedule such rides in the season of snow, ice and brutal cold. In Colorado and across the northern parts of North America, ... and more »

Carl (Herbert) Ayers, 79 - Summit Daily News

Carl (Herbert) Ayers, 79 Summit Daily News Carl Ayers passed away at the Colorado State Veterans Home in Rifle on January 18. He was 79 years old. Carl was born May 10, 1932, in Massena, New York to Herbert L. Ayers and Esther Rowley. After high school he joined the Air Force and served four ...

Who needs groundhogs when you have yellow-bellied marmots? - Pueblo Chieftain

Who needs groundhogs when you have yellow-bellied marmots? Pueblo Chieftain "They're fat and furry and they look so funny when they sit upright on their haunches," says Lynda La Rocca, a freelance travel writer who lives in the mountain town of Twin Lakes, near Leadville, and is a veteran high-altitude hiker. and more »

Got snow? No problem for cycling's winter warriors

Near the Freewheel Midtown Bike Center in Minneapolis, Minn., Tom Lais rides his fat tire bike to work five days a week, even in the snow. / Richard Tsong-Taatarii/MCT