we asked 9 news reporter, chris vanderveen and chris hansen to take us back in time. >> the broncos have taken super bowl 50. >> no one who remembers who finished second? not true. someone had to lose for them to get there. 1996, lord of panthers. 1998, green bay packers. 1999, atlanta falcons. >> smith's got it, 30, 20, 15, 5. rod smith, denver touchdown! colorado remembers them. times in 6 years the mile high world. parades, rallies, celebrations, for a state once used to losing, and losing big, it felt like a chance not to just rewrite sporting history but its own history as well. history, those who forget it are doomed to repeat it, some say. those who forget it simply don't deserve a repeat. thankfully, we remember. >> sacked inside the 5! >> and now this... denver! >> 2016, carolina panthers, get ready, colorado, another celebration is coming your way. >> back in 1998, the year the broncos upset the packers to win the first super bowl, nearly victory parade. >> the colorado springs planned parenthood clinic where 3 died in a shooting in november is reopening, only part is operation

a week of stories on 9news and kyle clark and chris hansen. >> got here about 6:15 a.m. this morning. coming up. here. it is really cool it be here alone. you hear the national parks people talk all the time about how these are your public lands, your parks. it is tough to feel like that if you are on a crowded hiking trail. when you are here alone in a beautiful spot it feels like your land. >> these are mega down down toes. >> all right. >> it is funny how perspective changes. i was hoping -- i wish a person was up there so it would show scale just how big these are. >> pointing me in the direction >> cool animal tracks. >> cool animal tracks. i said look. there is a guy up there. >> i would have seen the guy eventually. >> he was making his way down. >> this is my first trip. for me this has been about anticipation versus reality. >> worth coming out to this point. >> read so much about this place. seen the photos. it can't prepare you for the reality of being in the space. >> imagine what it is like being here. >> you are in a house, a place where people lived. and w

that is chris hansen, nobody will be closer to the action when it happens on the stage. as the broncos come out with the trophy -- there he is. he will be right there showing you every moment of it. this is going to be so cool. >> it is going to be awesome. we know you are watching online. i want to see someone in their office at noon or whatever it is looking out the office window watching and i want them to send a photograph. >> a lot of people are staying home from work or school today. here is one of my favorite things about all of this. why do we have a banner up that says world champions? well it is because we are the champions of the world. i love the people that complain that the nfl to be in is called the world champion. we can set up a game between the denver broncos and the canadian football league and we will see how that goes. we could give that a test drive. come on folks, we are world champions. just celebrate it. this is a great day for the city and the state. as we well know with all of the folks watching on 9news.com who are celebrating this big win. >>

adventures, things that maybe you haven't pursued before. 9news anchor kyle clark, photojournalist chris hansen are our tour guides. of the gunnison national park, the least visited of the four. at black canyon you can have a natural wonder all to yourself. >> i mean you can see pictures of the canyon and say that's really a beautiful canyon, but when you walk to the edge, you aren't prepared. >> reporter: when that view makes the back of your hair stand up, just know each hair is one year's worth of work for the mighty river below. >> it was formed in about 2 million years. >> reporter: time will tell. >> that's a human hair a year. >> reporter: and this is a long story. >> unbelievable. i've never seen a canyon like this. >> reporter: a hair's width of erosion each year, a hair deeper, a hair darker. that's how black canyon was born. >> kind of hard to believe. it's a really small river down there, you know. >> reporter: this is the tamed gunnison, dammed and diverted even still -- >> going through the canyon would have been impossible. >> reporter: rangers will warn. >> rafting is impossible