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Trails 2000 armed and ready

Trailwork Season Kick-Off Party is Saturday

DATE: Apr 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Alpine touring in Colorado’s backcountry on the rise

VAIL – Buck Elliott has been guiding skiers around the 10th Mountain Huts system that he helped build more than 30 years ago. The owner of Paragon Guides in Edwards is no strange...

DATE: Apr 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Daley delivers third title

Durango man claims a 3-peat at USASA slopestyle nationals

DATE: Apr 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Forest Service backs ski area’s snowboarding ban

SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. Forest Service says it supports one of the last U.S. ski resorts to prohibit snowboarding in a court battle over a ban that snowboarders call discriminatory. ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Silverton Mountain announces events Silverton Mountain will host these events: Silverton Sister’s Meeting in the Mountains will take place today through Sunday. ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Local skiers claim crowns

Purgatory freestylers win national, state titles

DATE: Apr 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Unkovskoy races like NASTAR star

Purgatory ski team represents in Aspen

DATE: Apr 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Bowman award humbles Marvel man

State association honors advocate of bow hunting

DATE: Mar 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Regular flushing flows aid North Platte trout

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) – Fishing the North Platte River sometimes is a thing of legend. Anglers and guides tell stories about 50-fish days, the water teeming with fat and healthy brown and rainbo...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Oregon mountain biker headed for epic race in Africa

BEND, Ore. (AP) – It has been called the Tour de France of mountain bike stage races. The eight-day Cape Epic in South Africa spans nearly 500 miles and includes 50,000 feet of elevation gai...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Construction continues at Whitewater Park The city of Durango announces that the construction of the in-stream features at the Whitewater Park is scheduled to continue until April...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Nepal to try to ease congestion on Everest

KATMANDU, Nepal – Nepal plans to minimize the congestion of climbers near the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit of Mount Everest, which gets clogged with scores of climbers during the short w...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.