Escape room

Animas High School students search for clues to complete puzzles to find a key to unlock the door from the Escape Room at Animas High School on Thursday. From the left are Lyric Hildner, Elena Rivera, Skylar Smith and Mateo Ybarra Dempsey. The clock is ticking down from 60 minutes as they work. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.

Looking for an escape, from left, Animas High School student teacher from Fort Lewis College, Colin Hughes, and Animas High School students Reed Frey, Skylar Smith, kneeling, Kaitlyn Dunn, Elena Rivera and Mateo Ybarra Dempsey search for clues to complete a puzzle to find the key to unlock the door of the Geometry of Anatomy Escape Room at Animas High School on Thursday. An escape room is a relatively new entertainment concept in the United States that is a live-action, interactive puzzle hunt in which participants need to find clues and solve puzzles with the end goal of finding the key to escape the room. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.

Looking for an escape, from the left, Animas High School students Mateo Ybarra Dempsey, Lyric Hildner, Elena Rivera, Kaitlyn Dunn, Skylar Smith and student teacher from Fort Lewis College, Colin Hughes, search for clues to complete a puzzle to unlock the door from the Escape Room at Animas High School on Thursday. An escape room is a relatively new entertainment concept in the United States that is a live-action, interactive puzzle hunt in which participants need to find clues and solve puzzles with the end goal of finding the key to escape the room. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.

In the control room, 10th-grade Animas High School students observe fellow students search for clues to complete a puzzle in search of the key to get out of the Escape Room at Animas High School Thursday. The project was led by math teacher Aliza Cruz, standing center left, and biology teacher Tina Hott. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.

Looking for an escape, from left, Animas High School student teacher Colin Hughes, and Animas High School students Lyric Hildner, Elena Rivera, Kaitlyn Dunn, and Skylar Smith, search for clues to complete a puzzle in search of the key to exit the Escape Room at Animas High School on Thursday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.

Clues, shapes, locks and puzzles surround Animas High School students attempting to complete a puzzle in search of the key to the Escape Room at Animas High School on Thursday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.

Looking for an escape, Animas High School student teacher from Fort Lewis College, Colin Hughes, right, and Animas High School student Skylar Smith, find clues written in a book using a black light while searching for clues to complete a series of puzzles in search of a key to unlock the door of the Geometry of Anatomy Escape Room at Animas High School. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.