Outdoors - The Durango Herald

A decade on the dirt

Durango BMX rolls through 10 years

DATE: Jul 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Mountain bikers try to get along

Groups encourage courtesy, cooperation among all trail users

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Glacier jammers gear up for summer tours

APGAR, Mont. (AP) – Under the morning sun, Sherri Camperchioli climbed into bus No. 108, turned the key and awakened seven decades of Glacier National Park history. The engine roared to life...

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

‘Rock-crawling’ to the top

Durango team ascending ranks in 4x4 racing

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

‘World-class climbing’

Grand Teton National Park attracts mountaineers, wildlife watchers

DATE: Jun 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Utah cyclist plans epic ride to South Pole

SALT LAKE CITY – Until a few years ago, Daniel Burton was a programmer for Utah software maker Novell Inc. making upward of $500,000 a year with bonuses and stock options. It came at a cost:...

DATE: Jun 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Mesa Verde to host wildflower hike Saturday The San Juan/Four Corners Native Plant Society will host a wildflower walk Saturday on the Prater Ridge Trail at Mesa Verde National P...

DATE: Jun 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Trail options grow for families hiking with babies, tots

Debbie Frazier wants her two children to grow up appreciating the outdoors. So she introduced them to hiking before they could walk. As a new mom, she routinely loaded Max, now 6,...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Nature Studies announces programs Durango Nature Studies will host these programs: Weekly Wee Walk Abouts, preschool nature walks, will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. We...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Explore lava tubes at Crater of the Moon

ARCO, Idaho (AP) – In only a few places in the United States can you walk over what once was lava and explore an underground lava tube crafted by molten rock. Instead of flying mo...

DATE: Jun 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors