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drazhar
Mar 18, 2005, 11:04 PM
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i have a friend coming over from england in 3 weeks, now im just wondering where in colorado would be best place for us to go climb and have chance of seeing some wildlife like maybe bears and mountain lions? any sugestion would be very helpful thanks
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mattq331
Mar 18, 2005, 11:11 PM
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Sadly, I suspect your best bet will be Denver Zoo. I've been here since '91 and seen precisely 0 bears (in Colorado) and precisely 0 mountain lions (although I have eaten some, yuk!).
But, on the bright side, as your visitor is a Brit, the odd herd of elk or big horn sheep up at the Rocky Mountain National Park might still impress 'em.
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blind_wit
Mar 18, 2005, 11:16 PM
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Ive lived in Colorado for 14 years...and I agree with mattq331. Your chances of seeing any really exciting wildlife like bears and mountain loins are very very slim...as for climbing, it depends on where you are going? Where are you going?
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drazhar
Mar 18, 2005, 11:18 PM
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i hear that the eastern foothills up to utah line contains a good few mountain lions but i cant figure out where eastern foothills are =/
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drazhar
Mar 18, 2005, 11:20 PM
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i wanted to go where the best chances of wildlife is and some cool climbing, i was thinking of telluride..
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andrewbanandrew
Mar 19, 2005, 5:29 AM
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I've hiked around in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park a bit near Estes Park, and I saw some bears. They were hanging out by trash cans, but they were bears...
I also saw some marmots.
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tenn_dawg
Mar 19, 2005, 7:32 AM
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Rent "The wizard of Oz".
Oh yeah, and play "dark side of the moon" too. It's kind of cool.
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drazhar
Mar 19, 2005, 8:30 AM
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haha thnx guys
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drazhar
Mar 19, 2005, 9:22 PM
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anywhere else within 1k miles of kansas you can think of?
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buckmanriver
Mar 20, 2005, 6:36 AM
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Do you want to see bears or climb?
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mikenicholson
Mar 20, 2005, 7:02 AM
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Go to telluride. Its awesome!!!
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drazhar
Mar 21, 2005, 1:15 AM
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i want to see wild life AND climb, but yeah i think im going to telluride
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mattq331
Mar 21, 2005, 2:03 AM
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Well, it's kind of clutching at straws, but for what it's worth:
Best chance of seeing bears with 1k miles of Kansas is probably Yellowstone National Park. Throw in good climbing in Grand Teton NP, and you have a great destination there. BUT, in 3 weeks neither park is going to be very accessible.
Telluride is great, but I doubt you'll see much in the way of wildlife.
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drazhar
Mar 24, 2005, 10:28 PM
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thoughts on shrine pass?
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iclimbtoo
Mar 24, 2005, 10:59 PM
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:troll: ...
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drazhar
Sep 22, 2006, 11:59 AM
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well since i made this thread about 1 and a half years ago i have had some great fun in TX and CO me and my friend took all our gear and hit elbert and completed that in march of 05 and the weather was insane....HUGE snow storms and we camped out in that mountain range for 9 days like i say it was excellent fun tho.
P.S i dindt mean to sound like a troll.......
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