Snowmass Trails Closed for Season to Provide Elk Refuge

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Despite Little Snow, Avalanche Caution Still Advised for Steamboat Backcountry

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Target Shooting With Tracer Rounds Causes 60 Acre Wildfire Near Durango

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Few of the Bear Incidents in Aspen Are Actually Reported

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The Aspen area has been labeled the bear-human conflict capital of Colorado.

Toddler Drowns in Big Thompson River

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Elderly Woman KIlled After Deer-Car Collision Near Walsenberg

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3 injured in 2nd car involved in crash.

Denver Sets New Record High Temp

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Wildfire Breaks Out in Open Space Near Apartments in Centennial

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Denver Sets Record High Temp For Phenomenal Thanksgiving Weekend

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Dry, Warm Windy Conditions Create High Fire Danger Across Colorado

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Snow forecast for tonight should put some damper on wildfire potential.

Aspen Bear Problems Tripled This Year Compared to 2016

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Maybe its all those home that have been built in the Roaring Fork Valley.

2012 Weber Canyon Wildfire Allows Invasive Weeds to Take Over

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Time Lapse Video of Rocky Mountain National Park

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A compilation of the greta fall weather we have had this year.

Manitou Springs To Require Bear-Proof Garbage Cans

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Requirement comes after 12 bears were euthanized this year.

Durango Trails to be Closed Dec 1 to Provide Wildlife Refuge Over Winter

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High Winds Close I-25 From Fort Collins to Cheyenne

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Loud Booms Heard in Colorado and Many Other Locations Around the World Probably the Leonid Meteor Shower

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West Slope Officials Warn to be on the Outlook for Rockfall in Glenwood Canyon

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Increased holiday traffic through the canyon combined with a seasonal increased risk of rockfall warrant caution.

Earthquakes To Increase Next Year?

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Published by the Guardian, a tabloid with bent toward sensationalism.

La Nina Upgraded From Watch to Advisory

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The report shows that La Nina occurs about twice per decade, or about 20% of the time and can last from 6 months to a couple of years. There is El Nino, the Pacific Dodecadal pattern and other major global atmospheric circulations fueled by ocean currents that regularly cycle back and forth as dominant. The idea that averages or normal mean anything is false and misleading, giving the impression that average and normal are what happens most of time.

Mountain Snow Closes Independence Pass for the Season

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Record 154 MPH Wind Measured in Jet Stream Above Colorado

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What's amazing to me about this record is that it isn't much faster than 125 mph surface winds that were recorded in Boulder in the 1980's.

Snowstorm Causes Multiple Closures of I-70 in the Mountains

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Menawhile it was sunny warm and breezy along the Front Range, a typical winter pattern.

Wildlife Crossings Near Kremmling Have Reduced Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions by 87%

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La Nina Jet Stream Is About 400 Miles North of Colorado

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Jackson Hole has 105" already!

New Documents Reveal Super Solar Magnetic Storm Lasted 9 Days in 1770 Over Japan

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An event of this magnitude today would destroy the power grid and all electronic devices.

9-Year-Old From Colorado Has Hiked 8,000 Miles

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An incredible accomplishment for someone of any age. All that time spent on the 3 major trails in the US and not one natural hazard incident from lightning, rockfall, or wildlife attacks.

Bear and 2 Cubs That Entered Open Door in Colorado Springs Home to Be Euthanized

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Manitou Incline To Reopen in December

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The popular staircase trail has been closed for repairs since June.

Book Cliffs Rock Slide Caught on Video

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NASA Confirms Antarctic Supervolcano Could Erupt Anytime

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This is big news. Past supervolcanic eruptions in Antarctica were studied and found to accelerate global warming via direct melting of the ice sheet, carbon dioxide emissions, and halide gases that created a huge hole in the ozone layer allowing increased solar radiation to reach and melt the ice sheet.

November Is Worst Month for Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

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Eagle River Reserve to Close Trails for Season To Protect Elk Herd

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Officials finally recognize that hikers with off-leash dogs are responsible for most elk attack incidents. Now, if they could extend this realization to moose and bears we might be able to reduce the number of people sent to hospitals with serious injuries.

1997 Photos of Comet Hale-Bopp from Lookout Mountain

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I don't know why this showed up in my news feed but I do remember seeing Hale-Bopp in the middle of the day while driving. That was over 20 years ago.

Hunter Kills Mountain Lion About to Attack

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Rare White Fawn Seen in Bailey

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168 Bears Euthanized, 107 Relocated So Far This Year

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More people living in bear habitat means more bear encounters.

La Nina Is Back: Snowfall Forecast Uncertain for Colorado

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Big Horn Sheep Visits Office Park in Loveland

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Unusual for big horns to roam out of the nearby hills.

Security Cam Catches Large Mountain Lion in Colorado Springs

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Research Shows New Evidence of Brain Damage from West Nle Virus

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Coroner's Report on Rattlesnake Bite Victim

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Pretty sketchy reporting by the news media. What I infer from the statement

"It happened when the snake bit Daniel Hohs in the lower leg while running up from the Mount Galbraith Trailhead in Golden in October.  The 31 year old died immediately."

is that the triathlete was running, not hiking as reported, and that the venom was quickly transmitted through his bloodstream, killing him in an unusually short period of time.

Terrain May Be Limited As Ski Areas Get Ready to Open for Season

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Up to 1 foot of snow overnight should help things along after a month-long dry spell.

2 Skunks Test Positive for Rabies in Durango

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Video shows skunk in downtown in obvious distress.

Video of Moose Encounter

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Posted by an individual on YouTube, doesn't say where it is exactly. Looks like it might be in the area of Hwy 72 south of Nederland. Moose perceive dogs as threats to their calves. Another case of a dog off-leash provoking a reaction from a protective mom.

Rock Climber on Mt Lady Washington Struck By Falling Rock

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The 31-year-old woman, who was wearing a helmet is in critical condition.  This is the 2nd incident on Mt Lady Washington in Rocky Mountain National Park this year.

Bear That Ripped Through Garage Doors in Steamboat Springs Euthanized

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Weather To Blame For Fatal Fall On Boulder Flatirons

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The 2nd time this year that climbers die on the flatirons because they chose to climb in wet conditions.

Hurricane-Force Winds Knock Over 2 Semis Near Georgetown

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Wildfires in NW Colorado This Year Caused $925,000 in Damages to Power Grid

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There should be a law that requires power companies to replace lines damaged by natural disasters with underground lines.