Trails 2000’s ‘Sky Steps’ to connect downtown Durango, Fort Lewis College

Dozens of members of the public have come out to participate in “Project Sky Steps” with various groups who are volunteering, including Crossfits Catacombs, Russell Planning and Engineering, Crossfit Durango, Boy Scout Troop 501, Durango Running Company, FLC Cross Country Team and FLC Upward Bound. The project will result in 500 steps on the Nature Trail leading from downtown to Fort Lewis College.

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Dozens of members of the public have come out to participate in “Project Sky Steps” with various groups who are volunteering, including Crossfits Catacombs, Russell Planning and Engineering, Crossfit Durango, Boy Scout Troop 501, Durango Running Company, FLC Cross Country Team and FLC Upward Bound. The project will result in 500 steps on the Nature Trail leading from downtown to Fort Lewis College.

Courtesy of Grady James

The Nature Trail between downtown Durango and Fort Lewis College had 96 steps, and volunteers are working to add about 400 more to help control erosion on the steep trail while also providing a “fitness stairway” for the community.

Courtesy of Trails 2000

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The Nature Trail between downtown Durango and Fort Lewis College had 96 steps, and volunteers are working to add about 400 more to help control erosion on the steep trail while also providing a “fitness stairway” for the community.

Courtesy of Trails 2000

Volunteers have been working to build steps along the Nature Trail from downtown Durango to Fort Lewis College. Work kicked off April 6 and the project is about one-quarter finished.

Courtesy of Trails 2000

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Volunteers have been working to build steps along the Nature Trail from downtown Durango to Fort Lewis College. Work kicked off April 6 and the project is about one-quarter finished.

Courtesy of Trails 2000

A project to build hundreds of steps on the Nature Trail between downtown Durango and Fort Lewis College is expected to be completed by late May.

Courtesy of Trails 2000

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A project to build hundreds of steps on the Nature Trail between downtown Durango and Fort Lewis College is expected to be completed by late May.

Courtesy of Trails 2000

Trails 2000 is working on a project that will connect downtown Durango to Fort Lewis College.

The non-profit organization has teamed with the city of Durango, FLC and dozens of volunteers to extend the stairway on the Nature Trail. The group is calling the endeavor “Project Sky Steps.”

There were 96 stairs on the trail, but Trails 2000 Director Mary Monroe Brown said there will be more than 500 stairs once the project is completed. The steps will ascend more than 250 vertical feet.

The project is one quarter finished, and the group hopes to have it completed by the end of May.

“They’re a great commuter route and an excellent fitness stairway,” Brown said.

Work is ongoing as volunteers come forward. So far, Boy Scout Troop 501, Crossfit Catacombs, Crossfit Durango, Durango Running Company, FLC’s cross country team, FLC’s Upward Bound program and Russell Planning and Engineering have helped, along with dozens more individual volunteers.

To help, get in touch with Trails 2000 via email at info@trails2000.org.