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Wilderness survival: From preparation to execution
SUMMIT COUNTY — A survival situation may lurk around the next turn for the avid hiker, backcountry skier or other recreator in the nearby mountains — particularly in the winter. more...
  11/15/2009 12:33pm
Avon aims to start trails group
AVON — The town of Avon is seeking to create an Avon Trails Advisory Group to help town staff steer future trail projects.
  11/04/2009 4:00pm
Vail Valley has backcountry backup
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — In August, the Young family of Gypsum was enjoying a camping outing on Crooked Creek Pass when near disaster struck.
  10/31/2009 9:06am
Hikers in NH must be prepared — or pay for rescue
CONCORD, N.H. — Stranded with a sprained ankle on a snow-covered mountain, Eagle Scout Scott Mason put his survival skills to work by sleeping in the crevice of a boulder and jump-starting evergreen fires with hand sanitizer gel.
  10/29/2009 1:25pm
Vail Valley: Wilderness backers push expansion
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — In Colorado's Vail Valley Monday, famous mountain climber Aron Ralston says he explored most of the land that would become protected wilderness under the Hidden Gems proposal.
  10/26/2009 8:38pm
Hidden Gems plan spurs active opposition
ASPEN — A group fighting to preserve access for all users of public lands has collected roughly 700 signatures on a petition opposing the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign, an organizer said Friday.
  10/26/2009 1:35pm
Boulder floats idea for nonresident trail fee
Boulder is considering charging visitors from outside Boulder County to use certain trail
  10/14/2009 7:22pm
Feds update plan for Continental Divide trail
3,100-mile Continental Divide National Scenic Trail is being built through five states
  10/07/2009 6:43pm
Helpers needed to build Eagle-Vail trail
Committee building a 2-mile trail through Eagle-Vail needs volunteers Saturday to help with dig and rake path
  09/29/2009 7:06pm
Popular Vail-area backcountry hut burns
The Fowler-Hilliard Hut, about four miles southwest of Vail Pass, is a ‘total loss,' officials said Wednesday
  09/24/2009 9:10am
Boy Scout determined to create safety signs for 14er
In brother's memory, 14-year-old Derrick Trotman works to make Quandary Mountain a safer place to hike
  09/15/2009 11:51am
Expect a colorful fall, Vail Valley
Vibrant fall colors that tend to peak in late September should still come to light in the Vail Valley despite theories that wet summer might affect changing leaves
  09/14/2009 4:31pm
Grand Junction couple climbs all of Colorado's 14ers
First climbed Mt. Sneffels outside of Ouray on Labor Day 2002, eyeing alternative Machu Picchu trail next
  09/13/2009 8:45am
Fall colors may fall short in Aspen
Some aspen groves have already dropped their leaves
  09/08/2009 11:28am
Season extended to make Aspen-area campers happy
Campgrounds will stay open longer than usual this fall in Forest Service experiment
  09/05/2009 9:26am
Bikers wary of Colorado wilderness push
As a youngster in Crested Butte in the late 1970s and early '80s, Paul Andersen had a foot on the pedal in the early days of mountain biking.
  09/05/2009 3:03pm
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