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48° and light thunderstorm across the Slope, with 57 things still on today. Save the ridgelines for the morning and plan an early finish, and US-160E is closed.

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Weather48° light thunderstorm52° Grand Junction · 40° Telluride Alerts24 advisoriesUS-160E closed TrailsHold offSave the ridgelines for the morning and plan an early finish. Lower trails and the water stay good into the afternoon.Roads1 closedUS-160E closed Open now848 placesOpen right now

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Enstrom Halloween Coloring ContestEvents · Montrose · Free 10m agoUS-160E closedAlert · High · Archuleta County 22m ago

Colorado Wildlife Staff Back Amendment 83 Hunt RightsNews · The Slope Newsroom · 4 min read yesterdayCity of Grand Junction to Develop Senior Center Agreement Following Community FeedbackNotice · City of Grand Junction · official MonCall of the Morrigan: Spring climbing conditions. Route may be wet after rainfall. Check weather forecast before climbing.Outdoors · Verified report

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Saturday is the day to be outside. 60° with storm chance near 6%. Friday runs to 49% after noon, so keep that one for town.

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Mud Season Specials at Tavern at The GlenFree

Tavern at The Glen · Clark

Tavern at The Glen is the reopening of the long-time Clark Restaurant located at Glen Eden in Clark, Colorado.

5 h 40 m · 190 mi

8:30aGet outside

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'Rithmatic

Ouray · Moderate

Only a 6% storm chance, so the day stays open.

1 h 45 m · 58 mi

6:00pEat after

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Paonia Food Club Custom Meats

Paonia · Food & Drink · open till 11:59p · 5.0 (9)

3 stops · 248 miles · 12:00a to 7:30p

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Molas Lake Park & Campground

Silverton · wheelchair accessible · parking available

Molas Lake Park and Campground offers camping facilities with 62 campsites, including lakefront, rock…

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