Durango’s best bets for the weekend, which will both take place Saturday, include the first day of skiing Purgatory Resort and Mountainfilm on Tour at the Durango Arts Center.
Purgatory Resort, in its 52nd season, will open for skiing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday after weeks of tireless snowmaking efforts. Crews will run Lifts 1 and 2 to give skiers and snowboarders access to the West Fork and El Diablo trails and 683 vertical feet of skiing under Lift 2. Festivities include live music by Paul Christian from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Powderhouse and The Outskirts, a bluegrass band, from noon to 3 p.m. at Purgy’s.
Weather permitting, mountain biking will also be available until 3:30 p.m. via Lift 4 with access to the Divinity Flow and Diggler trails along with portions of the World’s Course. Purgatory is located 34 miles north of Durango at 1 Skier Place.
For more information, visit www.purgatoryresort.com.
Durango Nature Studies will host Mountainfilm on Tour, a traveling documentary film festival, on Saturday with three screenings at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave.:
1:30 p.m., family-friendly matinée. Cost is $8 for kids and $10 for adults in advance. $10 for kids and $13 for adults at the door.4:30 p.m., early showing. Cost is $15 in advance, $20 at the door and $10 for students.8 p.m. late showing. Cost is $15 in advance, $20 at the door and $10 for students.Tickets are available at Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.; Backcountry Experience, 1205 Camino del Rio; and the Durango Nature Studies office, Suite 27 in the Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave.
For more information, visit www.durangoarts.org or www.mountainfilm.org.
The Polar Express, 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m., $32-$81, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 479 Main Ave.
“Still/Unstill” by Maureen May opening reception, 5 p.m., Studio & Gallery, 1027 Main Ave.
“Path of Logic” silent auction and fundraiser, 6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 883-8943.
Thanksgiving Farmers Market, 9 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., 903-1176.
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, 10:45 a.m., Fort Lewis College, Noble Hall, Room 130, 1000 Rim Drive.
State football playoffs quarterfinal: Durango High School Demons vs. Erie High School Tigers, noon, Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave.
The Polar Express, 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m., $32-$81, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 479 Main Ave.
The Polar Express, 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m., $32-$81, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 479 Main Ave.
Transgender Day of Remembrance, 5 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive, 247-3229.
