Southern Rockies Nature Blog

Cloud Camp lodge, above the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs Known its golf courses (plural), tennis club, riding stable, and other ameniti...

Santa Claus dropped off a new Husqvarna 120i battery-powered saw this year. A 1980s Husqvarna chainsaw, rear, with a 2021 batttery-powered s...

In a recent post about what feels like an overall decline at Cabela's outdoor stores , I mentioned that they were showing more varieties...

This is not my normal territory, but a new men's age record for the Appalachian Trail was set this month: M. J. Eberhart, "Nimblew...

Searchers in 1983. (Hey, I had those snowshoes!) National Park Service photo. The remains of ski-mountaineer Rudi Moder, 28, missing since h...

Arkansas River in Cañon City, looking upstream (west). M. and I were in Cañon City Friday because  . .  . oh right, we had to pick up our mu...

Entrance to the Cabela's store in Sidney, Nebraska. I first visited Cabela's headquarters store in Sidney, Nebraska, when it was st...

In foreground: crest of the natural mound containing possible buried pit house. A guest post from the far future: Allow me to begin by ...

A Colorado Air National Guard Blackhawk helicopter on a mission near Ouray (Ouray Mountain Rescue Team). Last August, three volunteers from ...

Victor, Colorado, had lots of houses when it was a mining town. Not so many second-home owners back in those days. Mountain and resort-town ...

At the SECO News (southeastern Colorado*), an irregular news site for that corner of the state, they are marking tarantula migration season ...

Skis from 1300 years ago ( Secrets of the Ice. ) I have always enjoyed messing around with old cross-country ski gear. In high school, I pic...

One day this past week our little hackberry tree turned golden. It was alone in that—true, the aspens are turning at higher elevations, but...

Pueblo Raptor Center director Diana Miller and her new intern, Aaron, examine a goshawk that collided with a window in Nathrop, Colorado. T...

It is about six days before Peak Aspen, but this photo of fall aspen colors is posted pursuant to the Colorado Photography Act of 1964 (fam...