This time of year around Colorado Springs, you can expect mud on your favorite trails. While land managers elsewhere on the Front Range close theirs for such conditions — feet and bikes can damage the ...

My friend Elaine Rau raved about the Pollock Bench Trail the other day. "Gorgeous," she gushed. "Drop-dead gorgeous. Jaw-dropping gorgeous. Spectacular." "The rock formations in those canyons are ...

Mud season brings trail closures, which are intended for their protection and future enjoyment. The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) said mud season can run until Memorial Day ...

For Colorado hikers, trail runners and mountain bikers, spring is mud season. Warm sunny periods punctuated by heavy spring snowstorms turn trails in and near the foothills into muddy messes, just ...

Most Vermonters know to avoid hiking during mud season, the period from late winter to early spring when snowmelt turns dirt roads and trails into slushy muck. Even once-in-a-lifetime celestial events ...