Friday, September 29

The Crestone Eagle is a nonprofit monthly newspaper serving Crestone and the San Luis Valley

Recreation

Challenger and Kit Carson in the same day

On September 17, Sasha Petrovick of Moffat summited both Challenger Peak and Kit Carson Peak. The local mountains over fourteen thousand feet elevation are popular with climbers from across the globe. Petrovick began her climb at 7:30 am from Willow Lake and was back at the trailhead parking lot by 4 pm.

Great local hikes abound around Crestone

by Thomas Cleary photo of Willow Lake and upper valley by Emmy Savage The upcoming series of summer articles will highlight several outdoor attractions in and around Crestone and the SLV (San Luis Valley). This first article will focus on great hikes up the drainages around Crestone. Most can be done as day hikes but others will require an overnight except for the fittest of us. But before I jump into where to go, I would like to say a bit about how to go. The current backcountry and frontcountry ethics are based around the 7 principles of Leave No Trace: 1. Plan ahead and...

Great local hikes abound around Crestone

by Thomas Cleary photo of Willow Lake and upper valley by Emmy Savage The upcoming series...

How the Great Sand Dunes were saved

The Great Sand Dunes National Park is a familiar site for residents of the...

The Monte Vista Crane Festival happens March 11-13

Cranes. Towering, snowcapped peaks. Small-town hospitality. The migration 20,000 or so greater Sandhill Cranes and a...

Colorado’s disappearing sub-alpine forests

By November, those who heat their dwellings with wood stoves should have a good...

GIS data shows dangerous climbing patterns in the Sangres

The tragic death of a woman climber (Madeline Barharlou-Quivey) on Kit Carson Peak in...

Prime locations to view fall colors by foot or car

The last breaths of summer have nearly been taken here in the San Luis...

Hopeful in the San Juan Mountains

Mosquitos swarmed around my head as I ate a hot, rehydrated chicken and rice...

Exploring the prickly world of Crestone cacti

If there is one local plant you should know, it is the prickly pear...
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