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Camp Hale’s darker side worth preserving, daylighting in national monument debate
The U.S. military and intelligence services have accomplished some truly momentous … and truly messed-up … things throughout our nation’s 246-year history. Take, for example, Camp Hale, at 9,200 feet…
Opinion: Camp Hale needs monument status to stave off extractive industries, protect our water
The Camp Hale-Continental Divide is the proposed site of a national monument encompassing the historic site of Camp Hale and the area surrounding Colorado’s Continental Divide. As a former military…
Seeking sensible advice on how to respectfully, sustainably climb Colorado’s 14ers
When I first moved to Colorado as a teenager and started climbing 14ers in the early 80s, the population was 2.8 million. There were far fewer people on those summits…
Opinion: Clamping down on outdoor water use from Vail to Aurora still won’t fill Powell, Mead
Lake Mead’s receding waters have exposed sunken boats, dead bodies, and more. But the wisdom of a bet placed in 2005 by Las Vegas has also been revealed. The Southern…
Where has all the snow gone? Hopefully, Vail’s third La Nina in a row will deliver the goods
With only a couple of months until the 2022-23 ski season kicks off (and far less time until the snow guns crank up), it’s time to start thinking about the…
Some invaluable advice from Real Vail, Purina on climbing, hiking, traveling with dogs in Colorado
If your family is anything like mine – and I think we’re a fairly typical mountain-dwelling, dog-owning crew – you take your dogs just about everywhere with you in this…
SD8 race analysis: Nothing boring about insurrection, alternate electors or ‘selling drugs on the side’
“This is going to be one of the most boring debates that you will watch,” Republican state Senate candidate Matt Solomon promised Thursday during his Moving Mountains Eagle County matchup…
Opinion: Joe O’Dea dances with Trump while American democracy crumbles
Consider how far we’ve fallen. Former President Donald Trump led a violent attempted coup based on a lie and broke America’s centuries-long tradition of peacefully transferring power. The America First…
Democracy itself is on the ballot in Tuesday’s Colorado primary election
With the June Jan. 6 hearings wrapping up Thursday and Colorado’s primary election set for Tuesday, June 28, the debate over where candidates stand on the 2020 presidential contest –…
Opinion: Domestic enemy Trump must not be rewarded for fomenting Jan. 6 insurrection
The hearings of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection have already provided conclusive evidence that the effort to overturn the 2020 election was a conspiracy directed by a…