Three people experienced falls while climbing Rocky Mountain National Park over the weekend; one fall resulted in a death. A 21-year-old woman died from a fall while she and a 25-year-old man were descending the.
Three people experienced falls while climbing Rocky Mountain National Park over the weekend; one fall resulted in a death. A 21-year-old woman died from a fall while she and a 25-year-old man were descending the.
For anyone looking out to the surrounding mountains, it becomes clear why they became known as the Rocky Mountains they are abundantly rocky. Strewn with jagged peaks rising more than 14,000 feet in the air down to the decomposing granite that scatters about the ground as pebbles, the Rocky Mountains hold abundant stories in those layers, if you […]
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Groundhog Club co-handler Al Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil during the 134th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa, on Feb. 2, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic means Groundhog Day won t be the same in the Pennsylvania town long associated with a prognosticating rodent. Organizers said Punxsutawney Phil will predict whether spring will come early or winter will last longer in 2021 without the usual crowds who gather at Gobbler s Knob.
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“OK, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ’cause it’s cooooold out there today.”
While we may not be experiencing the crowds of Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, out here in Eagle County on Tuesday, one thing is for certain: It is Groundhog Day. For most people, this holiday is a rather silly one, centered around the ceremonious act of pulling a creature from its burrow to look for its shadow … as if getting out of bed wasn