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MADISON, Wis. — Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn’t supposed to happen for another nine months...
DATE: Feb. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
A petition has been circulating in recent days calling for Purgatory Resort to allow uphill travel on its slopes. Uphill skiing, also known as skinning, is when people climb mountain slopes with...
DATE: Feb. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
The Eagle County Coroner’s Office identified the skier killed in Thursday’s avalanche in East Vail as John Kuo, a longtime Vail local and gifted skier known among friends as “Johnny Tsunami.” Kuo...
DATE: Feb. 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Purgatory Resort has long been a heaven for ski bikers. Ideal conditions will welcome those attending the longest running ski bike festival in the country this weekend. In partnership with the...
DATE: Jan. 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
SANTA FE – The son of a Chevrolet assembly line worker, Rick Smith grew up hunting squirrels, rabbits, grouse and deer in upstate New York, but the words of Jack O’Connor took him on hunts to...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
After years of dispute about jurisdiction, an agreement has been reached that will allow Nordic skiing to return to Vallecito Reservoir in full, which is expected to take effect this winter. For...
DATE: Dec. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Winter Park delayed its opening a couple weeks to early December and the pent-up demand almost overwhelmed the Grand County resort on its first Saturday. Lines were long on Dec. 5 and, as skiers...
DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Studying avalanche trends is tricky. Detailed statistics tend to focus only on avalanches involving fatalities. No one knows how many skiers and snowmobilers head into the snowy backcountry every...
DATE: Nov. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Shane Sigle will sit down on his couch and relive one of the most grueling races of his life from the comfort of his home in Durango. Millions more across the world will get a glimpse, too. Sigle...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
In Durango, Grizzly Peak has garnered a considerable mystique. As viewed from U.S. Highway 550 south of the Cascade bend, it appears somewhat dark and daunting. It may be seen for a fleeting moment...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Explorer, author and professional climber Mark Synnott is standing in steep, loose rock about to step off the roped route on the top of Mount Everest. He’s about to leave the well-worn path above a...
DATE: July 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
There is something called the “knucklehead factor” in the algorithm of public land management. While never spoken of publicly, federal land managers talk among themselves about the challenges of...
DATE: July 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
