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Betsy Welch

Betsy Welch

Freelancer

Betsy is a Carbondale-based freelance journalist covering local and regional news for the Sopris Sun and the Colorado Sun. After five years reporting on cycling and outdoor culture for Outside Inc., she now covers a range of community, outdoors, and human-interest stories and is excited to be stepping into radio storytelling.

  • Recreators cycle through the Maroon Bells
    Local News
    At the Maroon Bells, a new e-bike fee signals bigger changes ahead
    Betsy Welch
    The Maroon Bells Scenic Area reopened for the season last week with a new rule for visitors arriving by e-bike. Riders now have to pay a five dollar entry fee — the same fee charged to motorcycles. As KDNK’s Betsy Welch reports, the new charge is part of a much larger conversation about how to manage one of Colorado’s busiest public lands destinations.
  • Local News
    On Eagle trails, these women carve out time for themselves
    Betsy Welch
    We celebrated Mother’s Day over the weekend, giving us all a chance to honor those lifegiving women. Mother’s Day stories often focus on caregiving. But in Eagle County, one group of women is finding community — and a little freedom — on mountain bikes. KDNK’s Betsy Welch brings the story.
  • At the March 11 meeting in Eagle, local trail users looked at maps of trails that would be affected by the BLM’s proposed e-bike land use change. Hilary Boyd, assistant manager for resources for the Colorado River Valley Field Office, was on hand to answer questions. Photo by Betsy Welch
    Local News
    BLM could significantly expand e-bike access to public trails
    Betsy Welch
    A meeting in Eagle earlier this month drew e-bike enthusiasts and others who don’t want them on trails where they are now prohibited. Around 50 officials and members of the public and trail groups turned up at the first of two informational meetings hosted by the Bureau of Land Management. Betsy Welch was there and brings this report to KDNK.
  • Pinning an Alex Pretti 'We Ride in Unity' sign to a cycling jacket.
    Local News
    Roaring Fork cyclists ride together for Alex Pretti
    Betsy Welch
    Around the world on Saturday, people gathered on bikes to ride in solidarity with each other and honor the life of Alex Pretti. Pretti, the ICU nurse who was killed by federal ICE agents on January 24, was a cyclist himself.