by CONPS ME | Jul 6, 2022
Mathews Winters Park is located right on the edge of the Denver metropolitan area next to the intersection of I-70 and C-470. Owned and operated by Jefferson Open Space in Jefferson County, the park contains 2,461 acres and 12.2 miles of trails which provide access to...
by CONPS ME | Jul 4, 2022
Wheeler Geologic Area in the La Garita Mountains of Mineral County contains eroded pinnacles of volcanic ash what were formed 25 million years ago by eruptions from the La Garita Caldera. The area is located about 10 miles east of the old mining town of Creede....
by CONPS ME | Dec 3, 2021
2021 Photo Contest, 3rd Place Landscape Category (3 x tie), “Aspen Framing Maroon Bells”. Photo by Anna Foderaro. The Maroon Bells are arguably the most famous and photographed peaks in Colorado. The twin peaks, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, both...
by CONPS ME | Dec 3, 2021
Photo Contest, 3rd Place, Landscape Category (3 x tie), “Alpine Blooms Trifolium attenuatum and Phacelia sericea come to life in the Alpine of Southwest Colorado”. Photo by Michael Remke. Michael Remke took this photo in the La Plata Mountains, a small...
by CONPS ME | Dec 3, 2021
2021 Photo Contest 3rd Place Landscape Category (3 x tie), “Sedum lanceolatum and brilliant orange lichens decorate iron rich rocks in the Snowy Range of WY”. Photo by Loraine Yeatts. The Snowy Mountains are not actually in Colorado, they are in Wyoming....
