The quartzite dragon
It can be a beast, so don’t take Snowdon Peak lightly
DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Taking a child fishing is a special experience
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) – Several months ago my nephew and I became pen pals. Benjamin, 6, lives in Lakeville, Conn., with his mom and his dad. He just finished kindergarten and will start first...
DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Rewards aplenty in Glacier Peak Wilderness
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — Holly Weiler was blunt in the Spokane Mountaineers calendar item about the August trip she was leading through the Glacier Peak Wilderness:
“We’re hiking...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
Leftover big-game, turkey licenses available
There are still approximately 20,000 leftover big-game and turkey licenses available, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said this week. ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
The gravel grinder movement
Cyclists roughing it off the beaten path
DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Lots of coho fishing action on Columbia River
ILWACO, Wash. (AP) – Deckhand Donald Pitts stood at the stern of the Coho King charter boat with his hands dangling at his sides looking a bit like a gunslinger.
From his vantage ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Hiking and learning on Civil War battlefields
FREDERICK, Md. – About 150 years after the “Battle that Saved Washington,” journalist and Civil War buff Keith White leads a dozen friends on a tour of the farmland south of here where Union...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Backcountry Horsemen improve Big Lick Trail
The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen, in collaboration with members of a U.S. Forest Service trail crew, recently worked on improving a popular section of trail near where the Big Lick Tra...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
Nature Studies announces programs
Durango Nature Studies will host these programs:
An Animal Signs Workshop will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at th...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
A personal challenge
Woodland Park resident overcomes disability on trek
DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
Steep terrain workshop for guides, patrollers
Silverton Mountain will host a training steep terrain workshop for ski and snowboard guides and patrollers Jan. 24 to 26.
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DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
