Outdoors - The Durango Herald

Flooding makes mess of Horse Gulch

City considering ways to fix entrance to trail system

DATE: Sep 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Hike offers stunning views of Cascades

BEND, Ore. (AP) – Running across a strip of dirt through a green meadow high atop a ridge, and surrounded by snow-striped mountains, I startled a throng of small birds that flew up from the ...

DATE: Sep 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Century-old chalet

A respite awaits hikers on outcrop in Glacier National Park

DATE: Sep 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

The La Platas by wheel and boot

4WD to Kennebec trailhead; foot from there to peaks

DATE: Sep 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Flat Tops are a ‘flashpoint’ of Wilderness Act

FLAT TOPS WILDERNESS AREA (AP) – A spark can be a curious thing. There are those, such as the lightning strike hitting the once tall, thick timber surrounding Trappers Lake in the...

DATE: Sep 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Rock climbing guide for Durango released The latest rock climbing guide to the Durango area has been released. The fifth edition of Durango Sandstone â€“ The Save the...

DATE: Sep 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Plan to link 7 Utah ski resorts moves forward

SALT LAKE CITY â€“ Utah ski officials are unveiling more details about their plans to build a series of chairlifts that would link seven resorts and give the state a European-style experienc...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Fly-fishing workshop to be held Saturday Durango Nature Studies will host a fly-fishing workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Nature Center. Th...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Trail system near Portland offers hours and hours of thrills

BRIGHTWOOD, Ore. (AP) – After nearly an hour of climbing up the paved Homestead Road, I began to wonder what I was getting myself into. This was my first visit to the popular Sand...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors