Seth Boster

Before the sun rose over Colorado’s Gore Range on March 19, 1957, two men in an Army surplus Jeep pulled off a logging road “and prepared to climb a mountain that had no name.” Pete Seibert went on to write about he and Earl Eaton breaking trail through deep snow and dense woods and over […]

In this weekly feature, we’re celebrating the best of Colorado Springs’ food and drink scene ー as determined by voters in the 2026 Best of the Springs (thebestofthesprings.com). We’ll throw in our own recommendation, too. Up this week: Mexican.  Gold: The Rey  It was a sad day in 2022 when the family behind downtown’s El […]

A draft master plan for Colorado Springs’ park system has been posted for review, outlining funding shortages and bold ideas for the future. The 132-page document comes after more than a year of surveys, meetings and analysis that has been many more years in the works, as officials have come to grips with staffing below […]

In this weekly feature, we’re celebrating the best of Colorado Springs’ food and drink scene ー as determined by voters in the 2026 Best of the Springs (thebestofthesprings.com). We’ll throw in our own recommendation, too. Up this week: Wine bars.  Gold: Uva Wine Bar  A local couple opened this snazzy nook on the north side […]

Colorado Springs parks officials and conservationists are celebrating “the permanent protection” of 1,018 acres on the city’s east side.  That’s how they describe Palmer Land Conservancy recently finalizing a conservation easement for Wild Horse Ranch — a legally binding document that restricts development across the swath of prairie and wetlands the city acquired in 2023.  […]

Hiking on Colorado’s biggest mountains has dipped to the lowest levels tracked in 10 years.  Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, the nonprofit stewarding summit trails and placing infrared counters across several, estimated 256,000 “hiker-use days” in 2025. That’s the fewest reported since CFI started annually estimating numbers in 2015 and sharply down from 415,000 logged in 2020, […]

Sand Canyon Trail One can spend years in Colorado Springs and still discover new trails in one of the city’s most popular recreation hubs. We were reminded of this at our last visit to Red Rock Canyon Open Space.  Of course we’ve been long familiar with Contemplative Trail, which tours geology on the open space’s […]

Colorado’s trail mileage is as endless as the sky on a classic, bluebird day, as vast and varied as the elevations and wilds that joined the Union on Aug. 1, 1876. Colorado’s 150th anniversary of statehood is here. Which got us to thinking about 150 miles of trail ー among the countless that capture the […]

Red Butte Recreation Area It’s not all green defining the beauty of Green Mountain Falls. It’s also red ー namely Red Butte, the formation jutting between the great, coniferous hills on all sides of this quaint town west of Colorado Springs. The town is a hiking paradise, boasting the popular Catamount Trail that climbs out […]

“Grandview” is the most enticing name on the map of Palmer Park. Indeed, you’d be hard pressed to find a more grand view than at this pavilion overlooking Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak and the mountains north to south. While you can drive to Grandview, the spur road is sometimes gated. Anyway, a grand view is […]

In northwest Colorado Springs, at the former base of a company that for generations mined the mountainside above, a long bridge crosses over a drainage and into the hills. The bridge lends to “a gateway experience,” said David Deitemeyer, who oversaw its construction with the city Parks Department. “Or this experience of arrival.”  From a […]