Colorado’s aforementioned South Park can be accessed from a number of directions. Journeying from Colorado Springs, it is reached by following US Highway 24 about 50 miles due west. This basin, with an elevation of 9,000 to 10,000 feet and a footprint of nearly 1,000 square miles, is the southernmost of three high-altitude valleys in … Continue reading South Park Again
The air at 9,507 feet is crisp, even in late July. On this Saturday morning at seven o’clock, the parking lot at Wilkerson Pass along US Highway 24, about an hour’s drive west of Colorado Springs, is not yet as busy as it will be in a few hours, though it already sees a steady … Continue reading A View Of South Park
What is now Colorado was once the domain of the Utes. According to their tradition, they always lived in this region, in contrast with American Indian groups who were pushed westward while trying to stay ahead of the incessant march of white newcomers. Also known as The Mountain People, their homeland stretched from the Front … Continue reading The Original South Park
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