Hunting groups quit Colorado Outdoor Partnership, cite lack of focus on wildlife
Partnership was convened to shape conservation and recreation policy. Three groups say the focus has been elsewhere.
Outdoor Recreation
Alta Lakes proposed for improvements
Increased recreation use has led to natural resource impacts
Parks and Wildlife asks legislature for $2.2M to bolster Keep Colorado Wild Pass rollout
Challenges have troubled the launch of the parks pass that underpins CPW’s new financial model
Forest Service agrees to begin winter travel planning on Rio Grande
Conservationists reach partial settlement with federal agency
Is REI coming to Durango?
Community members speculate over the potential of having big-box outdoor retailer
Winter travel changes likely in Rio Grande National Forest
Despite a 2015 ruling mandating regulations on motorized use, there is still no plan
Durango Nordic Center offers affordable skiing and snowshoeing
Nonprofit has almost 16 miles of ski trails
Yurt operator at a Colorado state park disappeared with guests’ money
CPW revoked contract for Never Summer Nordic Yurts; company must remove 10 yurts and cabins by the end of June
Colorado may bolster liability protections for private landowners who let the public recreate on their lands
A state lawmaker is working with trail groups and property owners on legislation that would reform Colorado’s recreational use statute
Sheriff’s deputies take to the slopes of Purgatory Resort on new ski bikes
The Ski Deputy Program is back after several years of hiatus
Colorado sees more avalanche deaths than any other state. A training course at this mountain park hopes to change that
At a park just outside of Minturn, now open for its third season, there are eight transmitters that people can practice finding with their beacons
Supply chain issues prevent yet another thing from spinning: new Colorado chairlifts
Supply issues for chairlift manufacturers, including Grand-Junction-based Poma, have stalled openings for new lifts across Colorado, North America
Two local nonprofits, Southern Ute Tribe receive money to help foster outdoor recreation
Adaptive Sports Association in Durango and Montezuma Inspire Coalition in Cortez recipients of the Outdoor Equity Grant Fund
The rock-hurling spat that could upend Colorado’s river access rules
Colorado Supreme Court wades into lawsuit arguing Colorado rivers are public property
There’s a crappy situation in Colorado’s backcountry: too many pooping hikers
Outdoor recreation groups hope handing out waste-disposal kits will cut down on the problem piling up on Colorado’s public lands
Tailwind Nutrition moves into new production facility near Durango-La Plata County airport
Company looks streamline operations and shipping efforts with new location
4WD chairs designed to get people with disabilities deep into the Colorado forest
Track-chair program in Staunton State Park gives users a rare opportunity to experience the wilderness. Now the state park wants to push it across Colorado
Telluride mourns Hilaree Nelson, its ‘Athena in Gore-Tex’
Nelson died last month on a Himalayan expedition after triggering an avalanche on Mount Manaslu
Two runners have gone missing in Southwest Colorado, leading to push for more education
Fitness is not enough to stay safe in remote areas where risks are amplified
Kokanee salmon will be given away at McPhee and Nighthorse lakes
Strong salmon run recorded on Dolores River; arrive early in line and bring a bucket or cooler