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2023-11-20T08:00:00.0000000Z

The Gazette, Colorado Springs

https://daily.gazette.com/article/282286735004594

LIFE

HIKING Bear Creek Nature Center — 245 Bear Creek Road. Registration: 719-520-6387, elpasocountynaturecenters.com. • Forest Bathing, 1-3:30 p.m. Dec. 9, $20-$30. Fountain Creek Nature Center — 320 Peppergrass Lane, Fountain. Registration: 719-520-6745, elpasocountynaturecenters.com. • Nature Hikes with Santa, 1011:30 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m. Dec. 9 and 16, $4-$5. COTREX — Colorado’s official trails app; trails.colorado.gov. Rocky Mountain Trails — Information on more than 70 hikes; rockymountainhikingtrails.com. NATURE Bear Creek Nature Center — 245 Bear Creek Road. Registration: 719-520-6387, elpasocountynaturecenters.com. • Nature Explorers: Rock Out, for ages 4-5 with an adult, 9-10:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, $3. • Bear Creek by Candlelight, 5-8 p.m. Dec. 1, $7-$8. • Nature Explorers: Winter Wildcats, for ages 4-5 with an adult, 1011:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m. Dec. 13, $3. • Geminids Meteor Shower Photography Workshop, 10 a.m. Dec. 14, $20. Fountain Creek Nature Center — 320 Peppergrass Lane, Fountain. Registration: 719-520-6745, elpasocountynaturecenters.com • Nature Adventures: Whose Bones? for ages 3-6 with an adult, 1011:30 a.m. Dec. 7-8, $3. • 2’s & 3’s Outdoors: Wildlife Games, for ages 2-3 with an adult, 1011:15 a.m. Dec. 14-15, $3. Colorado Birding Trail — Coloradobirdingtrail.com lists places to see birds and wildlife. FRIDAY-DEC. 3 Fresh-cut Christmas Trees for Sale — To benefit friends of Cheyenne Mountain State Park, 1-4 p.m. Friday and Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-sunday and Dec. 2-3, Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Visitor Center, 410 JL Ranch Heights Road, $60; friendsofcmsp@gmail.com. OUTDOOR SKILLS Virtual Boating Safety Class — For ages 14-17, $15. Registration: tinyurl.com/25sapdjt. Sixty-page manual must be read and studied prior to class. E-book available for purchase at tinyurl.com/mr2xwcve. To purchase a physical manual, call 1-303-291-7575 or email dnr_boating. safety@state.co.us. • 3-6 p.m. Dec. 2, Jan. 6 or Feb. 3. RUNNING YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region — Go online for prices. Registration: ppymca.org/raceseries. • Turkey Trot 5K and Kid’s Tiny Trot, 8:15 a.m. Kid’s Tiny Trot, 9 a.m. 5K, Thursday, Briargate YMCA, 4025 Family Place. • Jingle Jog 5K, 9 a.m. free Kids’ Reindeer Romp, 9:30 a.m. 5K, Dec. 9, Fountain-fort Carson High School, 900 Jimmy Camp Road, Fountain. Jack Quinn’s Running Club — 5K, 5:15-7 p.m. Tuesdays, Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub, 21 S. Tejon St.; jackquinnsrunners.com. Pikes Peak Road Runners — Go online for events: pprrun.org. VOLUNTEERING Many state parks are looking for volunteers. For information, go to cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/volunteers.

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