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Hiker’s How-To: Proper etiquette for your Colorado trail adventures

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Arthur's Rock trail at Lory State Park
Hiking to Arthur’s Rock at Lory State Park. Photo by © Nora Logue/CPW.

Colorado has a reputation for our outdoorsy ways and adventurous attitudes.

We love to raft and kayak in whitewater, such as in the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area. We water ski at places like Lake Pueblo State Park. We plunge down snowpacked mountainsides on skis. We mountain bike on remote single-tracks. We climb cliffs. We run steep inclines for exercise and fun. We fish and hunt and go wildlife viewing. We live life outside.

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Evidence of dinosaurs and other ancient history exposed in Colorado state parks

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When I was in college, a million years ago, there were two classes I needed, and dreaded, to complete my biology degree: parasitology and geology.

I put off taking them as long as I could but eventually had to bite the proverbial bullet. I was right all along about parasitology. It really bugged me. (Sorry.) But geology was a pleasant surprise. It really rocked. (Sorry, again.)

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