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Durango DEVO rolls out ‘superstar’ staff

All-star coaches lead Animas, Durango high school into fall season

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Durango’s Freeburn takes Granby win

Animas, Durango teams open mountain bike season

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Big day, big rewards

Juneau ridge hike not for the couch potato

DATE: Sep 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

A muddy good time in Germany

Dave Rakita runs into a runner-up at a worlds event

DATE: Sep 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Durangoan helps Team USA paddle to gold in Germany

Durangoan Zach “Bug” Lokken helped accomplish something no American has in almost two decades: win a gold medal in the C1 men’s team race at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom W...

DATE: Sep 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Seniors Outdoors announces events Seniors Outdoors will host these events: A group will climb up the couloir to reach Grizzly Peak on Saturday. A four-wheel-drive vehic...

DATE: Sep 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Abandoned fire tower in Oregon an amazing getaway

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – If you feel the need to get above the fray, Pelican Butte in the Southern Cascades is just the place. Pelican Butte has an abandoned fire lookout tower ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

2 Durango retailers make top 100 list Backcountry Experience and Gardenswartz Outdoors have both been listed on Outdoors USA Magazine’s inaugural list of top 100 outdoors specialt...

DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

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