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Plans for a new outdoor industry gathering in Denver, which organizers hope will have a national impact in the future, have progressed to the point where the concept will debut with a “soft opening” this coming spring at Civic Center Park.

Now that Red Rocks Amphitheater’s 2024 calendar is filling up, it’s time to start thinking about buying tickets and circling dates. Some shows are already on sale, with others will be soon.
Where to begin? Here’s an updated list of concerts announced for 2024 at the famed outdoor Morrison venue. Tickets for most shows are available at axs.com.

The opening scene in this year’s Warren Miller ski film, “All Time,” begins with grainy black-and-white ski footage and narration intended to emulate the movie-house newsreels of the 1900s. After a brief overview of the roots of skiing, the narrator introduces the man who created the ski film genre more than 70 years ago.

Paonia State Park is closed for the season now, but when it reopens on May 1, 2024, kayakers, paddleboarders and canoers may have more reason to show up, at least on Tuesdays.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is considering closing the boat ramp in the park once a week to motorized vessels in future summers, something it has also done at Highline State Park. Both Paonia and Highline state parks are located on Colorado’s Western Slope.

Engineering students at the University of Colorado Denver soon will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience testing outdoors gear with precision machinery in a newly created “innovation laboratory” through a partnership with Outside Interactive Inc., the Boulder-based media company that is home to more than 30 online platforms, including Outside magazine.

Julia Carmel | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
LOS ANGELES — There are 63 national parks in the United States, but at the start of 2023, I’d made it to only one.
So when my partner, Reanna, bought us tickets to see Big Thief and Lucinda Williams at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, we had an exciting (though surely unoriginal) idea: What if we made it a road trip?

Opening day for Colorado ski season is drawing near. Arapahoe Basin has announced it will open on Oct. 29. Keystone and Loveland may not be far behind, and this weekend’s cold front and snowfall could help them get there.
Last year, A-Basin was the first to open, on Oct. 23, followed by Keystone on Oct. 28, Winter Park on Oct. 31 and Loveland on Nov. 3.

Colorado hasn’t missed out on an October opening for the ski season since 1992, and thanks to Arapahoe Basin, that streak will continue in 2023.
A-Basin officials announced Friday that the 77-year-old area nicknamed “The Legend” will open on Sunday, which will mark the 11th time in 13 years that it beat its local rivals to become the first Front Range area open for the season. It also tied for opening day honors with Loveland in 2015. Wolf Creek in southern Colorado was the first in the state to open in 2020 and 2021.

The return of ski season isn’t just an athletic and leisure concern; it’s also a cultural reawakening. At least in Colorado, where our high-country identity has long been tethered to the beloved snowsport that drives both tourism and choking highway traffic.

A bear attacked a security guard Monday night in the kitchen of the St. Regis Aspen Resort.
The guard was treated for scratches on his back and later released from the hospital, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers were unable to safely capture the bear, according to a Tuesday news release.
About 11 p.m., the security guard had been investigating reports of a bear in the hotel when he suddenly came upon the bear in the kitchen.