Education  October 5, 2021

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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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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