Larimer girl scout camp to become University of Denver mountain campus
RED FEATHER LAKES — Buoyed by a $26 million gift from a billionaire alumnus, the University of Denver has purchased a sprawling Girl Scout ranch in the mountains of Larimer County and intends to have a mountain campus up and running there by next year.
DU purchased the 724-acre Magic Sky Ranch for $11.25 million from the Girl Scouts of Colorado, which had been using it primarily as a summer camp. As part of the transaction, the Girl Scouts will continue to lease a portion of the property for six weeks each summer.
The university’s Board of Trustees has named the tract…
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