125 million years ago Theiophytalia kerri, an objectively boring-looking dinosaur with a big booty, dies in what will become Garden of the Gods. 65.5 million years ago Militocodon Lydae — the objectively cute ancestor of all hooved animals — lives at what is now Corral Bluffs in Peyton. Thousands of years ago Ancestral Puebloans, and then the Ute, Arapaho and Cheyenne call Colorado Springs home. The peak that rises above it is called Ta’wa, or Te’wa, or Mountain of the Sun. 1806 Colonel Zebulon Pike takes the southern route west after Lewis and Clark take the north. With a failed…
Author: Andrew Rogers
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July 1, 2025 is a day that many rule-following e-bike riders have been waiting for: the beginning of the first phase of certain electronically assisted bikes, a.k.a., e-bikes, being allowed on the city of Colorado Springs’ vast trail network.“Class 1 [e-bikes] being approved to go anywhere bikes can go. That will theoretically unlock a lot of single-track [trails in certain parks],” said Allen Beauchamp, community engagement coordinator for the Trails and Open Space Coalition (TOSC), a nonprofit group that works to preserve open spaces and parks across the Pikes Peak Region, along with creating a network of trails, bikeways and…