Sports
Forest Service OKs Vail Resorts’ plan to restore Keystone tundra
Deal keeps one of the country’s largest expansions on schedule
Outdoors
Outdoors
Two privately owned Colorado 14ers are open to hikers thanks to a unique partnership. Will it last?
Increasing traffic is stressing a tenuous deal with landowners concerned about liability
Sports
Snake season returns to Southwest Colorado
Here’s what to do when you see them on the trail or in your backyard
Outdoors
Love, prayer and tickets: What we saw at the Rainbow Family gathering in northwest Colorado
Annual gathering drew 10,000 people and lots of online ire
Sports
Colorado ski areas set a new visitor record last season
Visitation to Colorado ski areas surpassed 14 million in 2021-22
Sports
Colorado’s outdoor industry knows it could be more inclusive
The industry acknowledges that there’s a large population that doesn’t feel included
Local News
Photo: Drummers find their rhythm on Rim Drive
Amy Wantulok, from left, Stephanie Herbst, Mary O’Donnell and Judy Gerhardt practice their drumming on Thursday under the trees on Rim Drive at Fort Lewis College. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Outdoors
Rainbow Gathering picks remote area in Colorado for its angst-inducing 50th annual meeting of tribes
‘Largest non-organization of non-members in the world’ will reprise in Routt National Forest
Outdoors
Purgatory Resort welcomes young pup to ski patrol
Ember, an 8-week-old black Lab, begins avalanche search and rescue dog training
Sports
Fishing gear needs spring cleaning too
A clean and organized vest can make the art of fly fishing go easier
Local News
Authorities respond to report of avalanche on Berthoud Pass
First responders received a report that two people may have been buried but later determined that no one was caught
Outdoors
How Crested Butte’s first-ever extreme skiing contests birthed the freeskiing movement
Pioneering athletes transformed the resort industry with a push for wider skis and steeper terrain
Local News
Silverton Skijoring will return in 2022
After a year hiatus, the event is back with rule changes
Southwest Life
Mapmakers combine science and art to show us the world
Using data and creativity, cartographers create vital tools
Outdoors
Following a historic avalanche season, new tools aim to make backcountry travel safer
Durango-area woman creates rescue sleds that have other backcountry uses
Regional News
Colorado’s 2020-21 avalanche season was tied for deadliest. It’s helping forecasters hone warnings.
Slides killed 37 backcountry travelers last winter in U.S., including 12 in Colorado
Regional News
Colorado governor urges board to reconsider naming mountain ‘Mestaa’ėhehe’
Gov. Jared Polis said ‘dots and dashes’ made it hard to pronounce
Regional News
The mudslides that closed I-70 also muddied Hanging Lake’s crystal clear water
Hanging Lake as it appeared June 14, 2020. (Michael Elizabeth Sakas/CPR News) Hanging Lake’s pristine waters were spared from major damage last year when the Grizzly Creek fire engulfed the…
Outdoors
The Great Sand Dunes ‘are just a big mountain of sand’ and other 1-star national park reviews
The cover of "Subpar Parks" and a photo of author Amber Share. (Courtesy of Amber Share and Penguin Random House) Amber Share grew up in awe of national parks. Particularly…
Sports
Down but not out, not by a long shot
I recently took a fly fishing vacation to Grand Bahama. The fishing was great. The travel to and from deserves a column on the nightmare of travel at the end…
Sports
Colorado’s arch park: Rattlesnake Canyon
Day hike west of Grand Junction offers bountiful formations
New Mexico
Farmington trails weave through town
Some of the walkways even lead down to the Animas River
Outdoors
Hiking the Animas Forks Catwalk
This classic, off-trail loop incorporates the best of Colorado in just five miles without the usual massive elevation gain. Climb three mountaintops and traverse three distinctive ridges, including the airy…
Outdoors
Outdoors Brief
There are spots available in the Ladies Mountain Bike Clinic, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 25 and from 9 a.m. to noon July 26. The price for…
Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
The Dolores Ranger District reports that work to reinstall a breakwater and construct docks and mooring facilities for a new marina at McPhee Reservoir may begin in the next week…
Outdoors
Mancos high-altitude running, training center is up for sale
Ben Hahn, president and founder of the Mancos Project, pauses before a recent morning run on the steps of the “Chuck House” at the High Altitude Training Center north of…