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Four all-terrain wheelchairs suitable for people with disabilities to use on trails at Rocky Mountain National Park are available as free rentals at the Estes Park Mountain Shop, through a partnership with the non-profit Rocky Mountain Conservancy. Three of the chairs are new this year. (Provided by Estes Park Mountain Shop).

Making Rocky Mountain National Park more accessible for visitors with disabilities

July 23, 2025 at 8:41 a.m.

More than 100 specially designed picnic tables, four all-terrain wheelchairs and a detailed inventory of trails usable for visitors with disabilities are highlights of an effort this summer to make...

Park Ranger Emma Brewer, top, helps David Henderson of Oliver, Missouri, with directions at the Alpine Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado on June 25, 2025. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum recently called for signs to be posted at all national parks, monuments, and historic sites encouraging visitors to provide feedback. One of the new signs, featuring a QR code for guests to scan, is displayed at the center of the visitor center’s front desk. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Signs posted at National Park Service sites seen as threats to ‘whitewash’ dark side of history

July 1, 2025 at 11:47 a.m.

The action stems from a Trump executive order.

People sit at a table at a bar and restaurant

Colorado’s Olde Town Arvada is a wonderful place to eat, drink, shop and savor history

March 3, 2025 at 11:58 a.m.

If you love history and beautiful old buildings, vibrant restaurants, cozy independent coffee shops and bars, delightfully quaint storefront shops and a strong sense of community, you'll find all that...

The 16% visible crescent moon can be seen together with Venus (at the top of the image) in the early evening sky, Jan. 3, 2025. This conjunction will be seen Saturday in Colorado. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via Zuma Press/TNS)

Stunning conjunction of Venus, crescent moon will be visible Saturday

February 1, 2025 at 6:25 a.m.

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.

Jay’s Cabin near Shrine Pass, 3 miles northwest of Vail Pass, is located in the backcountry at 11,200 feet, three miles northwest of Vail Pass. (John Meyer, Denver Post)

Stunning backcountry hut near Vail Pass offers comfortable getaway with remote feel

January 3, 2025 at 12:37 p.m.

It even has decent cellphone coverage. One year we watched the Super Bowl on an iPad.

Areial view of the the Sangre de Cristo mountains at the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado on September 25, 2019. (DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

This might be the coolest campground in Colorado that no one knows about

May 23, 2024 at 12:58 p.m.

One user's review made us want to pack up the camping gear and a telescope.

Louisa Kelly purchases used ski touring gear as Isabel Gourley rings her up at Feral mountain gear this week. Many independent outdoor retailers saw sales declines in 2023, but Feral is thriving thanks to its focus on buying and selling used gear. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Outdoor gear industry facing challenges after “insane” post-pandemic growth

April 11, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Store owner says the decline in 2023 should be seen as a market correction.

Chasm Lake sits 2,500 feet below the dramatic summit of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park at an elevation of 11,800 feet. The upper 900 feet of Longs’ east face is sheer vertical granite. The lake is enclosed on three sides by steep rock walls, making it one of the most spectacular alpine cirques in Colorado. (John Meyer, The Denver Post)

This high-alpine lake is one of Colorado’s most spectacular hikes

September 8, 2023 at 12:22 p.m.

The summit of Longs towers over its western edge, and steep rock walls to the right and left soar 1,200 feet, making it one of the most spectacular alpine cirques...

In this Denver Post file photo, a dark skies astronomy coordinator looks through binoculars near Lake City, Colorado. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

No need for a telescope: The right binoculars can help amateur astronomers get started

August 16, 2023 at 10:54 a.m.

Binoculars can help you see nebulae, star clusters and several planets, including Jupiter with some of its moons.

Charlie Peterson, left, and his wife Carolyn, right, owners of Capella Ranch in Lafayette, sit together inside one of their two new "Bee Huts" on May 2, 2023. At this small ranch, about five miles northeast of Boulder, the Petersons have a barnyard full of animals on their five acre property, including goats, sheep, ducks, chickens, and even turkeys. They keep eight beehives inside two handmade huts. The pair have created a new experience with their "Bee Huts," where visitors can relax just inches from the bees without getting stung. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Yes, people are paying to be safely surrounded by bees in Colorado. Here’s why

May 11, 2023 at 1:24 p.m.

Most guests find their visits relaxing, and some report more profound effects after the "bee huts" at the Capella Ranch in Lafayette, Colorado.

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