Adding Fisher’s Peak as our next state park will increase opportunities to explore a unique and stunning part of Colorado.” Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Adventurist, to get outdoors ...

Fishers Peak’s accessibility, right off I-25, combined with the site’s pristine condition and contiguous connection to nearby wildlife areas felt destined for something significant—like becoming a ...

Heavy rains and subsequent flooding earlier this year damaged sections of Fishers Peak State Park that had only been open for about a year. The closure lasted about three weeks, and the site is ...

FISHERS PEAK STATE PARK — Hikers and mountain bikers now have a wider selection of trails taking them deeper into the new Fishers Peak State Park in Southern Colorado. It is part of an expedited ...

TRINIDAD — Gov. Jared Polis traveled to Trinidad Friday to officially open Fishers Peak, Colorado's 42nd state park. Back in May, Colorado Parks and Wildlife completed the purchase of the 19,200 ...

“This is all new,” says one, Kristina Birt. Now at this junction of Fishers Peak State Park, the trails keep going. The available mileage has gone from 2 — the initial, “first look ...

Sugarite Canyon State Park in northern New Mexico is also nearby ... The area that includes Fisher’s Peak provides migration corridors and habitat for deer, elk, bears, mountain lions and ...

TRINIDAD, Colo. (AP) - Gov. Jared Polis says Fisher's Peak and the former ranchland surrounding it will become Colorado's newest state park. Polis' office said in a statement The Nature ...

For locals, by locals. Editor’s note, 10/30/20: A previous version of this story has been updated to reflect the partial opening of the park. “I’m thrilled to open Fishers Peak State Park. Together, ...

That's Fisher's Peak, and it marks a new named state park announced in mid-September. It's just a few miles south of Trinidad, a city built by coal mining and farming. In the past decades ...

Jared Polis signed into law a bill that creates Fishers Peak and the former ranchland surrounding as Colorado's newest state park. The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land will ...