Boulder’s Groundhogs Day, February 2, is today! 1. Are there even groundhogs in Boulder? Well, sort of., but with an important Colorado twist: Pennsylvania Colorado doesn’t really have “groundhogs” like Boulder does. But neither is Punxsutawne Phil!!!The classic Groundhog Day animal (Punxsutawney Phil) is a woodchuck, a type of marmot common in the eastern U.S. Woodchucks […]

Every year on February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil emerges from his burrow in Pennsylvania to predict whether we’ll have six more weeks of winter or an early spring. But in Colorado, where we have some of the most unpredictable weather in the country, it raises the question: do we even have groundhogs? And if we did, […]

While Groundhog Day is best known for Punxsutawney Phil’s famous weather predictions, Boulder, Colorado, has its own way of welcoming February 2nd. Though not as widely celebrated as some of the city’s other festivals, Groundhog Day has a fun and quirky history in Boulder, with local traditions that reflect the area’s love for nature, community, […]