The fall colors are in full swing here in Colorado! Check out this photo gallery taken up Cottonwood Pass and on Aspen Ridge. Get out there while they last if you can!
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Gorgeous Fourmile Arch Video
by Dustin Urban November 9, 2010 » Add the second comment.
I’ve always heard rumors about an arch in Fourmile, the rugged swath of public BLM land just north of Buena Vista. The Fourmile map available at the route 375 turnoff into fourmile simply shows an “arch” near Davis Meadow. But it wasn’t until I watched this beautiful video by John and Allison Abdelnour, owners of [...] Read more »
Fall Color “ELF” Boating on the Numbers
by livefromsouthmain October 7, 2010 » Add more comments.
ELFing, Extremely Low Flow paddling, is a term coined by Jim Snyder, one of kayaking’s founding fathers. ELFing extends our boating season, and here on the Arkansas it is possible to boat year round. At ELF flows large rocks that are covered at higher flows now loom overhead, and many have fantastic shapes on the downstream side caused by flowing water. Each of these flow rocks is unique and many of the shapes take on magical and mystical properties for us ELFers.
A Fall Color Drive to St. Elmo Ghost Town
by Dustin Urban September 21, 2010 » Add more comments.
I’m doing my best this year to get myself out of the office and on some adventures during our brief but spectacular fall color season. Yesterday I took a drive up the Chalk Creek Valley to the popular Ghost Town St. Elmo in search of gold. The weather was dynamic, with lots of clouds, but [...] Read more »
The Lone Chanterelle or How to Get Skunked Mushroom Foraging
by Dustin Urban August 19, 2010 » Add more comments.
“That’s a great sign- a gigantic puddle” Scott said as he parked his 4Runner. We stepped out, grabbed his woven foraging basket (preferable to a bag because it spreads the spores of gathered mushrooms) and immediately stumbled upon several clusters of “Shaggy Mane” mushrooms busting through moist dirt beside the forest road. Our spirits were high at having found a flush of edible mushrooms so early in our hunt… if only we had known how ironic this immediate find would become.
Lost Lake: A Moderate Alpine Hike
by Dustin Urban June 28, 2010 » Add the second comment.
The hike to Lost Lake is a scenic, accessible, easy to moderate hike to a pristine alpine lake just south of Cottonwood Pass. It’s around a half-hour drive west from downtown Buena Vista, CO to the trailhead. The hike to the lake is a half hour one way and is a great outing for families.
Flowers of the Buena Vista River Park
by Dustin Urban June 16, 2010 » Add the first comment.
A gallery of flower photos taken with a macro lens in Buena Vista’s river park. Check out Yucca, Penstemon, Globe Mallow, Prickly Pear and more up close. Enjoy!
Nature is Fuel for the Soul, Study Shows
by Dustin Urban June 11, 2010 » Add the second comment.
If you live in or visit the Buena Vista area, it’s certainly not news that there is ample opportunity to be or play outside, close nature. If you haven’t noticed, this is really important to us. And a new study published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology shows that getting out [...] Read more »
