BY JOHN MEYER, JMEYER@DENVERPOST.COM

Hey, folks!

I'm heading to Montana this weekend and will be in the Livingston/Bozeman area. I'm hoping to find a good hike near Bozeman. I've got a couple of ideas, but if you have suggestions for me, please shoot me an email and let me know.

Heads up

We have great weather ahead for Labor Day weekend. High temperatures in the Denver-Boulder area are expected to be near 81 on Friday, 78 on Saturday, 81 on Sunday and 84 on Monday. There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday. For those heading for the hills, Winter Park, Breckenridge and Vail will have high temperatures in the upper 40s on Friday, lower 50s on Saturday, mid-50s on Sunday and upper 50s on Monday. At Rocky Mountain National Park, high temps will be in the 50s Friday through Sunday, 60 on Monday.

An aspen leaf in Summit County shows signs of "marginal necrosis," with its edges turning brown due to insufficient moisture, according to state forest entomologist Dan West. It's not the start of the fall foliage color change, West said. The leaf will soon turn fully brown. (Provided by Dan West)

Your Weekly 5:

1. Colorado's fall foliage color change hasn't begun yet, despite reports to the contrary
2. After 2-year closure, new Vail Pass rest area, expanded parking set to reopen in September
3. The Colorado River is in trouble, and some groups want the government to step up
4. Wyoming man who deliberately ran down a wolf with snowmobile could face consequences
5. Colorado restaurants that serve buffalo, elk and other game

Worth Your Time

A rare peat bog, called a fen, in the Homestake Valley near Red Cliff in Eagle County on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. A natural carbon sink, this fen is said to be around 10,000 years old. Environmentalists worry that it could be wiped out by a new reservoir in the remote valley on the eastern edge of the Holy Cross Wilderness. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Camping restrictions planned near delicate high-country Colorado wetlands

Overuse isn’t the only danger to the Homestake Valley fens, which have been there for 10,000 years.

Get Yourself Outdoors

People donate their time to work on a trail project with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado. (Mindy Sink/Special to The Denver Post)

Here are seven ways to volunteer on Colorado's public lands

More Headlines

• Enjoy epic adventures in Colorado’s quadrant of the Four Corners
• Many of Colorado’s wolves shift east — including into watersheds near Boulder
• Southwest Airlines’ new policy will affect plus-size travelers

Dog of the Week

Ivy

"Stubbornhund Garden Princess in Green Valley Ranch who has made peace with the squirrels, chases the bird-eating cat from next door and brings in the paper every morning. Because local journalism must be diligently supported … then exchanged for a treat," owner John Pendleton writes.

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