MESA COUNTY • Spencer Christensen is conflicted when he talks about the Grand Mesa. “As a person who likes the Grand Mesa for personal reasons, I want it to be kept secret,” he said. “But as a ...

The aspens on the Grand Mesa turn golden with the Book Cliffs in the background early. Photo by Christian Murdock, The Gazette When the temperatures drop, the appeal of far western Colorado rises.

It peaks at just 11,000 feet, but as the largest flat-topped mountain in the world, and it certainly lives up to its name: Grand Mesa. Broad and wide, Grand Mesa is capped by a layer of uneroded ...

Christie Aschwanden found herself snowbound in the Skyway parking lot a week and a half ago. She had cross-country skied the network of Skyway’s groomed trails between snow-draped pines and firs on ...

Colorado’s iconic destinations have seemingly been around forever, and we know their names by heart: Vail, Aspen and Breckenridge, to name a few, along with Denver, a city that has exploded in the ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. It’s a bluebird day, and I’m skiing through a towering stand of spruce trees that opens into a vast meadow.

In the weeks since tons of land gave way off a north flank of Grand Mesa, experts from all over have been trying to answer one question: What's next? Data from the seven monitors on the mammoth ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) issued a travel alert for a popular travel destination in Mesa County. Starting at 7:00pm March 6th, 2025, CDOT will ...

Grand Junction, Colorado is a unique and fun area to visit in Colorado’s Western slope. It is an excellent agricultural area, cultural and arts center, historic hub, and a mecca for outdoor recreation ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - If you’re planning on traveling this weekend, the Colorado Department of Transportation says you might want to check the weather and road conditions before you go. As ...