Arriving at this tucked-away tarn after a merciless climb feels like unwrapping a Colorado secret, with a sea of 13,000- and 14,000-foot peaks falling away from the water’s edge. Chihuahua Lake is its ...

If you’ve driven around Denver in the last six months, you’ve likely had someone offer to wash your windshield at a red light, sell you a rose in a Safeway parking lot, or ask for work as you leave ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Six baby goats shelter beneath a piece of scrap metal that’s a slightly darker shade of gray than the sky, ...

With chef and veteran sushi maker Corey Baker at the helm, Kumoya Japanese Kitchen’s fresh fish program is what culinary dreams are made of. When Kumoya Japanese Kitchen opened in LoHi in October 2023 ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. When Jess Graber first came across Tin Cup during a Boy Scout camping trip in 1962, the area surrounding the ...

In all the mayhem of packing for a camping weekend with a 10-month-old, I forgot the most important thing: a destination. As a couple-times-a-year dispersed camper, I’m used to locating a patch of ...

If you’ve tackled a fourteener lately, it might feel like you shared the trail with all 5.84 million people that call this state home (and a few Texans, of course). But a new report from the Colorado ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Skiing down the couloir on the north face of 14,268-foot Mt. Blue Sky is all about timing. Avalanche danger ...

It’s been just over five years since a new hotel opened in Breckenridge (the last one being Gravity Haus in December 2019), but the drought has finally ended. Hotel Alpenrock, part of the Curio ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. If you’re looking to enjoy a high without the hassle of grinding flower and packing paper, edibles are an ...

A view of downtown Denver from a Sugar Block terrace. Photo courtesy of Urban Villages The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Grant McCargo ...

Crêpes from Crepe Therapy Café in Boulder (from left): Velvet Crush, Pyramid Peak, Parisian, Southwest, and Gen Alpha. Photo by Sarah Banks The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in ...