Hiking Mueller State Park — 21045 Colorado 67, Divide. Day pass $10 per vehicle; 719-687-2366. • Hiking Challenge, 8:15 a.
m. Thursday, Grouse Mountain Trailhead. • Grouse Mountain Nature Hike, 9 a.
m. Thursday, Grouse Mountain Trailhead. • Forests & Fire, 6:30 p.
m. Thursday, Outlook Ridge Trailhead. • Forest Bathing Walk, for ages 12 and older, 9:30 a.
m.-12:30 p.m.
Friday, Visitor Center. • Hike to Osborn Cabin, 9:30-11 a.m.
July 29, Black Bear Trailhead. Historic Walking Tours of Manitou Springs — 12:30-3:30 p.m.
, Saturdays-Sundays, through Sept. 1, beginning and ending at Manitou Springs Heritage Center, 517 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, $15, free for ages 13 and younger.
Registration: tinyurl.com/mr3czmsr . History Stroll - On a Cough and a Prayer: Tuberculosis and the City — 10:30 a.
m., select Saturdays, through Sept. 21, begins at Story Coffee, 120 E.
Bijou St. and ends at Bell Brothers Brewing, 112 N. Tejon St.
, Suite 100, $10. Tickets: tinyurl.com/yeya6683 .
Trailability Program Hikes — Utilizes off-road mobility vehicles to allow members of the El Paso County community and visiting guests with disabilities to experience trails previously inaccessible to them, through Oct. 31, Bear Creek Nature Center, 245 Bear Creek Road, and Fountain Creek Nature Center, 320 Peppergrass Lane, Fountain. Registration: communityservices.
elpasoco.com/trailability . Nature Bear Creek Nature Center — 245 Bear Creek Road.
Registration: 719-520-6387, elpasocountynaturecenters.com . • Sustainability Series: Composting Basics - You Can be Successful, 10-11 a.
m. Saturday, $5. Fountain Creek Nature Center — 320 Peppergrass Lane, Fountain.
Registration: 719-520-6745, elpasocountynaturecenters.com . • 2's and 3's Outdoors: Butterfly Boogie, for ages 2-3 with an adult, 9-10:15 a.
m. Thursday-Friday, $3. • Monarch Pinning Workshop, 10-11:30 a.
m. Saturday, $40. Registration: cronkartco.
com . Mueller State Park — 21045 Colorado 67, Divide. Day pass $10 per vehicle; 719-687-2366.
• Humble Homes of Mueller, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Grouse Mountain Trailhead.
• Nature Journaling for Adults, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Outlook Ridge Trailhead.
• Star Party, 9-11 p.m. Friday, Visitor Center.
• Junior Rangers at the Pond, 1 p.m. July 29, Peak View Trailhead.
• Skins & Skulls, 7 p.m. July 29, Camper Services.
Colorado Birding Trail — Coloradobirdingtrail.com lists places to see birds and wildlife. FRIDAY-SATURADY Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival — To promote outdoors and an active lifestyle, Cañon City; royalgorgewhitewaterfestival.
com . SATURDAY Rocky Mountain Flower Fest — A music festival full of flowers, 3:45-9:30 p.m.
, Venetucci Farms, 5210 U.S. 85/87, $35-$55.
Tickets: gathermountainblooms.com/flower-fest . Outdoor Skills Mueller State Park — 21045 Colorado 67, Divide.
Day pass $10 per vehicle; 719-687-2366. • Basic Fly Fishing, 10 a.m.
Friday, Visitor Center. • Knots and Lashings, for ages 6 and older, 2 p.m.
Friday, Camper Services. • Fly Fishing Basics Plus, 9 a.m.
Saturday, Visitor Center, registration required. Running 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 .
SATURDAY Downtown Summer Fest 5K — 9:30 a.m., America the Beautiful Park, 126 Cimino Drive, go online for prices.
Registration: coloradospringssports.org/events/summer-fest/5k . — Listings are published on a space-available basis.
Email information at least two weeks in advance: [email protected] ..
