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The 2.5 mile- (or 4 kilometer-) long Silver Queen Gondola ride takes approximately 14 minutes from the Gondola Plaza in downtown Aspen to the Sundeck Restaurant at an elevation of 11,210 feet (or 3,417 meters) on Aspen Mountain. Opened in December 1986, with upgraded 6-passenger cabins added in 2006, the Silver Queen Gondola is open both in winter and summer Read more...
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The main rivers running through Fort Collins, Colorado, are the Cache la Poudre River and one of its tributaries, Spring Creek. Also called the Poudre River, its original French name of Cache à la Poudre translates as “cache of powder”. The name is said to date from 1836 when a group of passing French fur trappers were caught in a Read more...
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Denver Water prohibits swimming, scuba diving, water skiing and other any other activities that involve direct human contact with the water at Dillon Reservoir in Colorado. With an elevation of 9,017 feet (or 2,748 meters) above sea level, Lake Dillon’s water is cold year-round, ranging from 45 to 65°F (or 7 to 18°C), and generally considered too cold to safely Read more...
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The possession or consumption of alcohol is prohibited on Colorado State University’s campus in Fort Collins, including residence halls, with exceptions for university facilities licensed to sell alcohol and events authorized to serve alcohol by CSU’s Office of Risk Management. On campus, the Ramskeller Pub in the Lory Student Center serves alcohol to over-21s and has its own microbrewery on Read more...
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The Columbine High School shooting occurred on April 20, 1999, in Columbine, near the city of Littleton, Colorado, United States. Two twelfth grade students at Columbine, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, entered the school with multiple firearms and shot dead 12 students and one teacher. More than 20 others were injured in what was the worst high school shooting in US history at the Read more...
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The main river running through Aspen, Colorado, is the Roaring Fork River. The Roaring Fork originates some 13 miles (or 21 kilometers) east southeast of Aspen at Independence Lake, an alpine lake near Independence Pass in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. From Aspen, it continues flowing northwest along the Roaring Fork Valley (named after the river) to Glenwood Read more...
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A mass shooting at the King Soopers supermarket on Table Mesa Drive in the south of Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, 2021, resulted in the death of ten people. The gunman, 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa of Arvada, Colorado, was armed with a Ruger semi-automatic pistol and a 9 mm handgun, and fired at people in the supermarket’s parking lot Read more...
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Vail allows snowboarding on all of its trails. The Colorado ski resort has plenty of varied terrain to suit all ability levels of snowboarding and offers two freestyle terrain parks: Golden Peak located under the Riva Bahn chairlift, and Avanti Park, which is focused on beginners. Vail first allowed snowboarders on the mountain for the 1988-89 season, following a short Read more...
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The former townsite of Dillon, Colorado, lies beneath the waters of Dillon Reservoir, and the town moved to its current location, at the northeast edge of the reservoir, for the Denver Water Board to start work on building a dam across the Blue River in 1961 to create the freshwater reservoir, also known as Lake Dillon. Prior to inundating the Read more...
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Part of the former quarry town of Stout lies beneath the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins, Colorado. Stout grew around quarrying in the area, once a major source of sandstone for buildings and sidewalk paving in major cities such as Denver, Chicago and Omaha. By the early 1880s the Union Pacific railroad had reached Stout and the Read more...
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The parking lot of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park has a free observation platform which offers a view of the gorge without having to pay to access the bridge or other park attractions. To reach the parking lot, follow County Road 3A from Highway 50 near Cañon City, Colorado. For those wanting to cross the historical Royal Gorge Bridge Read more...
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For Colorado Avalanche ice hockey games at Ball Arena in Denver, doors open 1 hour before puck drop. Read more...
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Socialite Nancy Pfister was found dead, aged 57, at her home on West Buttermilk Road in Aspen, Colorado, on February 26th, 2014. She had been bludgeoned to death with a hammer and her body left covered in bedding in a bedroom closet with a plastic bag over her head and electrical cord wrapped around her neck. Police investigating the death Read more...
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The four ski mountains in Aspen are: Aspen Mountain Also known as Ajax, Aspen Mountain rises above the town of Aspen and is known for its steep glades, moguls and challenging terrain suited to intermediate and expert skiers. Snowmass Snowmass is the largest mountain of the four and although part of the same resort group, it is located in Snowmass Read more...
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Use of the name Ajax for Aspen Mountain became common in the latter half of the 20th century, after the development of Aspen into a skiing resort started. Geologic maps from Aspen’s period as a silver-mining town in the late 1800s denote the point on Aspen Mountain where the original octagonal 1946 Sundeck later stood, as Ajax Hill. The name Read more...
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The Boulder Creek Path is an easy 5.5-mile (or 9 kilometer) paved urban walking and biking trail running east to west alongside Boulder Creek through Boulder, Colorado. At its eastern end, Boulder Creek Path starts near 55th and Pearl Parkway, and runs to Boulder Canyon at its western end, with plenty of trail access points on the route. Along the Read more...
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Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has a house in Colorado on Daybreak Ridge Road in Bachelor Gulch, a gated community near Beaver Creek. Read more...
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The nearest waterfall to Boulder, Colorado, is Boulder Falls, located nine miles west of the city, on Boulder Canyon Drive (Highway 119) between Boulder and Nederland. Open May through October, the 70-foot waterfall in Boulder Canyon is reached on foot along an easy, short trail starting opposite the roadside pull-in parking area. Read more...
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The house used for the exterior shots of Mindy’s house in the TV show Mork and Mindy is located at 1619 Pine Street in Boulder, Colorado. Read more...
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Cyclists can use the Pikes Peak Highway during normal operating hours and tollgate fees apply. It is a grueling climb up a winding paved road to the summit at 14,110 feet, and the weather can be cold and inclement even in Summer. Pikes Peak Highway is open year-round, weather permitting, except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Read more...