by Bill Plock | Apr 16, 2021 | Community, Featured
Did you know that Highway 40 (the backside of Lookout Mountain) will be re-paved from Highway 93 (Colfax) to the Genesee exit this summer? Or did you know that Jeffco Open space is negotiating with the Department of Energy to do a massive land swap that would result...
by Bill Plock | Feb 24, 2020 | Community
Each year more people visit Jefferson County open space parks than any parks in Colorado. It’s impossible to keep the trails accessible and protected without all the volunteers who help with building and maintenance. If you ride, run, or hike or simply want to...
by Bill Plock | Sep 10, 2019 | Community
US Highway 6 will be closed west of Golden on September 28th to give plenty of space for volunteers to help clean up Clear Creek Canyon. Says Scott Waters, Jeffco Trail Team Senior Specialists, “We have a unique opportunity to get into Clear Creek Canyon and clean up...
by Bill Plock | Jun 4, 2019 | Community
The popular Golden Gran Fondo has moved from a late-summer event to June 23, featuring 78-, 63-, and 20-mile routes, a timed climb up Lookout Mountain for all groups, and a finish line party in Parfet Park in downtown Golden, CO. “Editor’s note by Bill...
by 303cycling | Nov 6, 2018 | Denver Cycling, Featured
from Bicycle Retailer GOLDEN, Colo. (BRAIN) — Following a pilot program begun in February, land managers in Colorado’s Jefferson County (Jeffco) Open Space have made Class 1 e-bikes permanently legal on all trails where traditional bikes are allowed —...
by 303cycling | Oct 20, 2017 | Community, Featured
From the Arvada Press Golden couple say they were lucky to get away with just a welt By Christy Steadman An Aurora man will spend 1 1/2 years in county jail and serve two years of probation for shooting a Golden cyclist in the back with a pellet gun. Scott Brown...
by Bill Plock | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, Hot Topic
From Denver Channel JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. – A man on a bicycle was killed Thursday morning after a crash with an SUV near Chatfield Reservoir in Jefferson County. Troopers investigating the crash said two cyclists were riding together on the shoulder of South...