Aspen forests help slow the spread of wildfires and could serve as fire breaks in Colorado and other southwestern states, according to a peer-reviewed study by Western Colorado University researchers.

GRAND COUNTY (KDVR) – On Outdoor Colorado, the stories we bring you just don’t grow on trees. OK, well, maybe sometimes they do. And when they do, it’s downright breathtaking. “The leaf peeping is ...

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Colorado State Forest Service entomologist Dan West says the first reports of yellowing aspen leaves started in mid-August. By late last week, as sightings of possible fall foliage continued across ...

Detail of one of artist Carl Bork’s Aspen paintings August 6, 2025, in the Salida Gallery, The Bork and Watkins Gallery, which he shares with his wife, Karen. Photo by Mark Reis (Mark Reis) There’s ...

The skier, who was wearing a helmet, died on Friday, December 19 after colliding with a tree. The skier was taken to Aspen Valley Hospital, according to Aspen resort. A skier died on Aspen Mountain in ...