Hiking

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It’s a tough hike, but the view from Mt. Garfield is spectacular

Stretching more than 200 miles from Palisade to Price, Utah, the Bookcliffs encompass the longest continuous escarpment in the world. What, you may ask, is an escarpment? Well, according to my good buddies Merriam and Webster, who know about ...

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Way up in the willows: Walker wildlife area a haven for animals

At first glance, it seems there’s nothing here but weeds and willows, yet nearly 200 species of birds, including bald eagles, great blue heron, songbirds, shorebirds, owls, pheasants and waterfowl can be viewed at our own Walter Walker ...

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Out of the woods: Where to hike during hunting season

If you want to hike during hunting season around here, it’s a good thing to carry a rifle and wear a blaze-orange hat and vest. That way, no one will bug you. However, here’s the question: Where you hike during big game hunting ...

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Despite dermabrasion, hiking Coal Canyon can be exciting

Skin and beauty tip: According to WebMD, “Dermabrasion is a technique that uses a wire brush or a diamond wheel with rough edges (called a burr or fraise) to remove the upper layers of the skin. The brush or burr rotates rapidly, taking ...

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Buckhorn Wash shows amazing sculpting powers of wind, water

A mad dash to Salt Lake City last week created an excuse to check out pictographs, petroglyphs and hanging bridges in the San Rafael Swell. On our way home from the city by the salt, John and Maddie Toolen and I took a detour outside Price, ...

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Saturday, you can take ‘A Walk Through Time’

Take a popular national monument, add 14 miles of car-free roads and a National Public Lands Day and you’ll get the first-ever Centennial Challenge this Saturday at Colorado National Monument. The Centennial Challenge, called “A ...

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Colorado. One name, endless destinations.

By JOEL L. EVANS Special to The Daily Sentinel Colorado. One name, endless destinations. A lifetime of exploring the backcountry might not be enough. Even if one were to limit their adventure list to just the blue lines on the map, the ...

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Peakbagging’s not for everyone, but to summit’s a big deal

There’s no good reason to climb a mountain, but there’s no good reason not to, either. Once you let go of the need to have a reason for everything, trudging to the top of a tall peak seems like a good idea. If you’re going ...

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Robb River Rally celebrates vision

Robb’s ‘string of pearls’ still shining Jim Robb envisioned people biking, walking and simply enjoying the outdoors. Robb died in 2004, but his dream lives on. The Colorado Riverfront Commission honored him Saturday during ...

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It all adds up to final long weekend of outdoor activity

The date is 09-09-09, which adds to 27, and two plus seven is nine. While auspicious simply for the numeric parallel, today might be especially of interest to numerologists, who remind us that there are nine Supreme Court justices, Beethoven ...

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