Mesa Verde National Park’s visitor facilities, museum, loop roads and several hiking trails reopened after U.S. agencies resumed operations last week and furloughed employees returned to work. A park ...

Brutal does not even describe the 1-mile, eastern side of the Smith Rock trail. Known as Misery Ridge, the 800-foot altitude ...

Mesa Verde National Park will offer a free guided hike from 10 a.m. to noon Friday along the Petroglyph Point Trail. Participants will hike through piñon-juniper woodlands and learn about the birds ...

I love the diversity of our National Parks. Some parks draw visitors because of their exquisite natural beauty. Mesa Verde National Park’s draws aren’t towering waterfalls or prime wildlife viewing, ...

Long before Colorado was occupied by white settlers, Spanish emigres or the Utes, and hundreds of years before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the Four Corners region was home to an Indigenous people ...

Summer vacation hasn't completely ended just because you're getting up while it's still dark to pack a school lunch. September is a great time to experience Mesa Verde National Park and the park still ...

Located in Southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park is one of the most incredible National Parks in the US and a UNESCO ...

Access to Arizona wilderness areas is a mixed bag of easy walk-ins from paved suburban roads (Munds Mountain Wilderness in Sedona) to miles of driving on white-knuckle two tracks in the middle of ...

The author mountain biking in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Cortez. Photo by Zach Wolfel The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. I’m ...