7 forgotten Colorado ski areas and what happened to them

Colorado is home to plenty of world-class skiing, but some of the Centennial State’s most interesting ski history has been abandoned or shut down. According to Uncover Colorado, Colorado has been home to around 150 resorts, but around 30 remain. Although they’re seemingly abandoned, daring backcountry skiers sometimes venture out to tackle the old runs. […]

This Retro Diner At The Foot Of Pikes Peak Serves Comfort Food Colorado Locals Keep To Themselves

Manitou Springs has a way of filling up fast, especially on weekend mornings when the main drag turns into a slow parade of cars hunting for parking. A short way from that bustle sits a small, unassuming building that most drivers pass without a second look. Inside, there is a jukebox in the corner, a counter with stools, and a pot of green chili that people take home by the quart.

These Old-School Colorado Restaurants Are Perfect For Thanksgiving Week

One Denver dining room holds Colorado incredible history. That dining room opened in 1893. Another spot in this roundup has served breakfast since 1933, and one more has fed hungry people at the base of the mountains since 1898. Thanksgiving week is made for tables like these. Relatives come to...

Fire-grilled chicken opens sixth location in Colorado

El Pollo Loco is continuing its expansion with a new restaurant in Colorado. The fire-grilled chicken chain opened a new restaurant in Aurora on Friday. Located at 2211 S. Havana St., near South Havana Street and East Iliff Avenue, the location marks El Pollo Loco's sixth location in the state of Colorado.

This Old-School Colorado Diner Has Homemade Pies Worth Saving Room For

Eighty-four pie flavors live on one menu here. That number made me stop scrolling and start planning. Each fruit pie holds about six cups of fruit. That’s roughly two and a half pounds packed under one crust. Every one of those fruit pies is vegan, too, which surprised me...

The Most Popular Thanksgiving Pie and Side Dish in Colorado

Few meals spark as much debate as Thanksgiving. Most families have a non-negotiable dish that would cause a revolt if omitted from the menu. So what does Colorado reach for? Only In Your State tracked down every state’s Thanksgiving favorites by looking at which pie and which side each state searched for most in November. […]

Wolf Accountability Called for by Colorado Rancher

After losing a young filly, northwest Colorado rancher Kaitlynn Hayes Wood says livestock producers and wildlife deserve better consideration in the state’s wolf management decisions. A healthy two-year-old filly named Sweetpea was alive Sunday afternoon, November 1. By Monday morning, her family stood in the pasture, looking at what...

Colorado Sandhill Crane Permits: 6,474 Issued, 61 Cranes Taken in 2025-26

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! by USFWS Mountain Prairie is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Colorado sandhill crane hunting season in 2026-27 is a small, specialized hunt, and the numbers prove it. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2026 status report lists 6,474 permits issued in Colorado, with 61 cranes harvested by 212 active crane hunters over 514 days afield. That works out to well under one bird per hunter. … This article, Colorado Sandhill Crane Permits: 6,474 Issued, 61 Cranes Taken in 2025-26 , appeared first on Animal of Things . Discover more animal wonders – VISIT Animal of Things NOW AND FOLLOW US FOR FRESH UPDATES! Related Posts: • Michigan Pheasant Season Is Male-Only, With a $25 License Needed on Lower Peninsula Public Land • 2 Roosters a Day: Ohio’s Pheasant Season Runs Nov. 6 to Jan. 10 • Planning a Maryland Pheasant Hunt This Winter? The Birds Are Stocked, Not Wild

A 103-Year-Old Original Rosie the Riveter Who Built P-61 Night Fighters Led the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade

Wanda Daniels, 103, who built P-61 Night Fighters at Northrop in World War II, was grand marshal of the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 7.

Colorado porch staple crafted in Manitou Springs

East Coast bagel chain opening its first Colorado location

PopUp Bagels is opening its first Colorado store in Boulder on University Hill, marking a new venture for the East Coast chain.

Colorado Italian Markets Worth Visiting Before Thanksgiving For Fresh Bread and Holiday Foods

One Colorado deli makes more than 10,000 pounds of handmade Italian sausage every week. It still mixes that sausage the old-school way, in 50-pound batches. Another market on this list opened in 1921, right after a flood, and it has never left its original address. A third shop makes its own mozzarella and ricotta, so the cheese never has to travel far.

Step Into A Real-Life Happy Days Episode At These 9 Nostalgic Colorado Diners

Craving the best nostalgic diners in Colorado that feel like they jumped straight out of the 1950s?. These 9 Colorado diners deliver classic comfort food and old-school atmosphere in every single bite!. 1. Gunther Toody’s Diner (Littleton) If you grew up watching Richie Cunningham and the gang hang out...

Recreational Gold Mine Brewing in Woodland Park?

Palmer Land Deal Becomes Latest Land Pursuit for City Above the Clouds. Most people move to Colorado to experience the Rocky Mountain West with its breath-taking views and an adventure waiting around every corner. In fact, I think it’s fair to say that most people in Colorado take their outdoor...

Climb Aboard A 1953 Airplane To Dine At This Colorado Springs Restaurant

A real 1953 Boeing KC-97 tanker plane now serves burgers instead of refueling jets. I don’t need an excuse to find that interesting. Some facts are just enjoyable to know. This Stratofreighter once flew air-to-air refueling missions around the globe. It last took off in 1973. Later, eight semi-trailers...

Brinkerhoff Hospitality to Open Savina’s Mexican Kitchen in Loveland

Third-generation, family-owned Colorado hospitality company brings Grandma Savina Mendoza’s award-winning Hatch green chile and more than 50 years of restaurant tradition to Northern Colorado. At a time when Colorado restaurants continue to navigate rising operating costs and economic uncertainty, Brinkerhoff Hospitality is investing in Northern Colorado with the opening...

Fruitcake Mail Order Began in 1913, and Manitou Springs Holds a Toss Every January

Wikipedia dates American mail-order fruitcake to 1913, and Manitou Springs, Colorado, throws fruitcakes at a winter festival whose record is 1,420 feet. The post Fruitcake Mail Order Began in 1913, and Manitou Springs Holds a Toss Every January appeared first on Timeless Dishes .

Salomone: The value in stocked trout

Water ran over the rocks cemented into a sculpted ditch the park called a “stream.” The concrete pond named after President Dwight Eisenhower claimed to be a lake. The California stocking program put trout into the small impoundment, which recycles the cloudy blue water in a persistently running circuit, last week. The lake, with its shallow edges and deep center, filled with four bubbling fountains, was circled by anglers. I held the only fly rod to be seen. We were all here for the trout.

Live & Local: The Breathing Healing Bus’s “The Truth about 250-150” exhibit asks for ancestral solidarity among Coloradans

The Breathing Healing Bus has driven across Colorado, parking at over 30 events this year in Montrose, the Western Slope, the San Luis Valley, Trinidad, the Four Corners area, and along the Front Range, engaging Coloradans all across the state using history, art and healing. The bus’s latest exhibit, called...