It’s a new year in so many ways as we face this brave new world. And what the New Year brings, in some ways, is up to us. Where will we focus our energy? How will we spend our time? The answers to..
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Topics: Curious Nature
At the base of Vail Mountain, the villages are filled with twinkling lights, colorful decorations, warm fireplaces, and happy families; there’s no question that the holidays are fast approaching...
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Topics: Curious Nature
The coming of the winter solstice means that this Wednesday will be the shortest day of the year for those of us in the northern hemisphere. But the shortest day also means the longest night, and..
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To stay warm throughout the cold winter months, we bundle up with coats, boots, hats, and scarves. Animals, however, don’t have this same luxury. A bear wearing a down coat and earmuffs would look..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Tis the season… for pine nuts that is! As we approach the winter holidays here in Colorado, we find that many dishes incorporate pine nuts into their recipes. These vanilla-colored morsels are..
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This is the time of year that we turn our eyes towards the skies, watching for that overcast, gray color that could signal the flakes to fly. Clouds have always been a teller of tales. Mountainous..
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Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a Paleolithic human. You’re standing at the top of a hill overlooking a herd of deer lazily grazing on the yellowing grasses and shrubs in the open plains below..
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Tucked away deep into the White River National Forest lies an abandoned ghost town. A town that was once a vital stop along the railroad from Denver for miners looking to bite off a piece of the..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Colorado Road Trips
Itching to shred the gnar and leave first tracks on the fresh pow-pow this winter? Translation: Excited to ski or snowboard on the freshly fallen powder this winter? As we wait for opening day on..
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A local high-mountain dweller has evolved an ingenious way to beat the empty belly blues during long Colorado winters. It’s the Clark’s Nutcracker: a tiny-brained individual bird in the jay family..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Birding
Fall is in the air, and the animals that take up summer residency in Colorado sense it, understanding the waning daylight and cooler temperatures as a signal that it is time to move. Migration is..
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The monsters of the eastern forests are no Sasquatch—instead they are the massive and mighty oaks, growing many feet in diameter and over a hundred feet tall. The dozens of oak species native to..
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