The parking lot across from the Cheesman Canyon Fishing Access Trailhead was close to full when I arrived on a breezeless bluebird morning. It wasn’t the cloudy, drizzly kind of day where you drop ...

The storms on Monday, July 31, created massive mudslides that destroyed an access trail and turned the South Platte River into chocolate milk-colored sludge. “We thought it was a typical Colorado ...

SEDALIA, Colo. — Fall offers some of the best fly fishing of the year, and you don't have to go far to get in on the fun. Cheesman Canyon is one of the best fisheries around. "It will challenge you ...

Cheesman Canyon is cut by the South Platte River, a renowned stretch calling to anglers. A trail here calls to hikers, who should not expect complete serenity. On summer weekends, the parking lot near ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Deckers – Much like the apple in the Garden of Eden, the new trail into upper Cheesman Canyon comes with a stem attached. But no snakes. On Saturday, just in ...

The Cheesman Canyon parking lot will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday as crews replace public toilets, according to a post on X by the Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Denver Water is testing a new valve at Cheesman Dam. The utility planned the test for the same time as peak runoff so people using the South Platte River would know to expect high ...

Oct. 19 - On a crisp October day ripe with the promise of trout, Peter duPont and Paul Buchmann failed to get a single bite. Instead they saved a life. What began as a high-spirited jaunt deep into ...

I convinced myself that I’d have to fish the lower part of Cheesman Canyon because I only had a half day. By the time I drove to the river and hiked the Gill Trail into the canyon, I’d be lucky to get ...