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October 2026 · 65 pages · On your phone, no sign-in

The October issue. Free to read.

  1. p.23The Scoop 40Nine Fort Collins scoop stops, ranked
  2. p.18Before / Now / NextThe rails that drew the town
  3. p.41Rolling KitchensThe truck file
  4. p.46Neighborhood TableThe museum walk
  5. p.48The NoCo DirectoryIce cream, coffee and beer, A to Z
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Out by daylight in Fort Collins

Thanksgiving weekend This weekend Tonight on The Fort List
  1. Wed, Nov 4 · 12:15 PMComposer Talk - Dance & Music in Motion - Higdon, Copland, de FallaOld Town Library
  2. Our pick · Sat, Nov 7 · 10 AMFort Collins Board Game ConventionFoothills Mall
  3. Our pick · Sat, Nov 7 · 10 AMFort Collins Winter Farmers Market opening dayFoothills Mall
  4. Our pick · Sat, Nov 7 · 11 AMTintype Photography Pop-Up with PorkPie PhotographyGlobal Village Museum of Arts & Cultures

The Scoop Map

Follow the city by the scoop.

The Scoop 40 rankings, pinned where you’ll find them. Tap a number, pick a cone, go.

College AveShields StLemay AveTimberline RdMulberry StProspect RdDrake RdHorsetooth RdHarmony RdCache la Poudre RiverI-25CSUBeardstone wildsCold Stone CreameryCold Stone Creamery - West Elizabeth St.Culver’sDairy Queen (Treat)Dairy Queen (Treat)EdisonsFort Collins Food Co-OpGQue BBQ Timnath - Fort CollinsHigh Point CreameryInsomnia CookiesLa Michoacana snack barMagnolia Street MarketMary's Mountain Cookies in South Fort CollinsMunchies Supermarket & Smoke StoreNieves y Botanas Del BajioOverland FoodsSmashburgerSpring Creek Convenience StoreSubzero Ice CreamTandem²TCBYZirahuenOld TownGlacier Ice Cream & GelatoMary's Mountain CookiesMilkShake Factory Old TownRocket Fizz Fort CollinsOLD TOWN · 5 RANKEDCollege Ave98765432101 mile
Ranked More scoops Food & drinkDrawn to scale · © OpenStreetMap contributors

No. 1 on the Scoop 40

9.8

Glacier Ice Cream

Fort Collins' finest handcrafted ice cream experience

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Open the full mapWalk Old Town by the scoop

Inside the Halloween 2026 issue

Flip through it.

All 65 pages
  1. Before / Now / Next: The Rails That Drew the TownBefore / Now / Nextp.18
  2. The Scoop 40: The Rankings — Nine Fort Collins Scoop StopsThe Scoop 40p.23
  3. Market Day: Section openerMarket Dayp.33
  4. Rolling Kitchens: Section openerRolling Kitchensp.40
  5. Neighborhood Table: The Museum WalkNeighborhood Tablep.46
  6. The NoCo Directory: Ice cream, coffee and beer, A to Z (1 of 3)The NoCo Directoryp.48
  7. Back page: Take One Idea With YouBack pagep.65

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The shops that made the issue.

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Rates & media kit

Put the magazine down

Then go out.

The Fort List

Walk it
tonight.

Walkable night routes through Old Town, mapped stop by stop. Free, and it lives on your phone.

Choose a route Put The Fort List on your phone
KeepBoothMake a strip of Fort Collins.A four-frame photo booth right in your browser. Free, no sign-up. Print it if it’s a keeper.Open the booth A cone held up beside a lit jack-o'-lantern on an Old Town sillTwo people walking through Old Town Square at duskFood trucks and a crowd under string lightsA parent and child walking past hay bales at sunset

The Arcade

Ten minutes, one cone.

The Field Shop · opening collection

Carry the next issue.

Field layers, route goods, working desk objects, and issue-one pieces drawn from the magazine itself.

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The opening Field Shop collection arranged on an editorial worktable
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