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Livi on the Lift: Bring warm weather wax to the party

Seasons have changed and the urge to change gears into spring hobbies is strong. The first weekend of April brings the end to daily skiing at Purgatory Resort, Wolf Creek Ski Area...

Livi on the Lift: Clinging to winter as the seasons change

As the days get warmer, the calendar turns to spring and the snow begins to melt, one begins to ponder how many more days will be spent sliding down the mountain in the next few weeks. Lucky...

Ride of the Ancients returns to Dolores June 26

New gravel grinder route is through San Juan National Forest

Pandemic forces route change, other precautions for Iditarod

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Traveling across the rugged, unforgiving and roadless Alaska terrain is already hard enough, but whatever comforts mushers previously had in the world’s most famous sled ...

A place to call your own

The pandemic, lots of snow and the San Juan River and Southern Ute Reservation closures may have inspired you to start tying your own flies. I know the local fly shops, and probably the non-...

Livi on the Lift: Frog ponds and reunions on the slopes

My 10-year high school reunion at a brewery didn’t sound like a lot of fun. But a reunion at a ski area? Now that I could get into. February provided some great skiing and snowboa...

Repeatable delight: Upper Muley Twist Canyon in Capitol Reef National Park

Capitol Reef hike offers contrasting scenery

Hunters and trappers disregard Wisconsin’s wolf kill target

MADISON, Wis. — Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn’t supposed to happen for another nine...

Livi on the Lift: Everyone deserves a chance to play in the snow

Everyone deserves a chance to play in the snow. Thanks to the Adaptive Sports Association in Durango, everyone can. Skiing and snowboarding conditions have been oh-so-good at Sout...

Iditarod drops ceremonial start over crowd-size concerns

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — There has been another dramatic change to the world’s most famous sled dog race this year because of the pandemic, with officials announcing Friday that the ceremonial st...

Livi on the Lift: Life’s questions fade on a powder day

There’s a time for reflecting and deep inner thought. Then there is a time for powder skiing and snowboarding. During a long dryspell to start January, it was time for the former. For the la...

Picking the correct fly

Not long ago, a friend asked me how I knew to use a San Juan Worm one day, while fly fishing the Animas River. I thought about giving her some technical reason, but then I decided the truth ...
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