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Big Times with Dogs on the Nordic Trails

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Great fun was had by all entrants of the canine  skijoring (skis) or cani-cross (snowshoes) or on foot event over the weekend.  See photo above in expanded format click here. Jennifer Martin from the Pagosa Nordic Club as well as Pagosa Feed and Nursery staff were on site to give tips and answer questions on canine [...]

Thingamajig Theatre Company presents “Guys on Ice”

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Thingamajig Theatre Company presents “Guys on Ice” a hilarious musical about friends out for a day of ice fishing, beer drinking and Green Bay Packer worshiping starring Brooks Linder as Lloyd, Tim Moore as Marv and Robin Hebert as Ernie da Moocher. “Guys on Ice” opens at the Center for the Arts on January 13th [...]

Work begins on Holiday Creek Wetlands Project – 3rd. of a series.

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Holiday Creek Wetlands Project   Don Jackson points to the several changes being made to the creek area. Don is president of the property owners association. The growl of heavy machines along Holiday Creek is the start of the wetlands project. BK Jones Construction LLC is doing the work. This is an improved pond. This is an entirely [...]

Morgan Murrie’s GECKO Gives $20,000 in Scholarships, plans for 2012

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! from Morgan and Morgan and our GECKO Team Thanks to your support GECKO grew a bunch in 2011. We teamed up with NOLS to provided more than $20,000 in Scholarships! Checkout student “Thank You’s” and Pictures We are always looking for the best candidates for scholarships and the deadline for applications is [...]

Local Model Carré Otis and Local Vegan Chef Tess Challis to Team Up for Holistic Wellness

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By: Tess Challis Wow, this sure has been an exciting week, hasn’t it? I love seeing how many folks are focused on inspiring changes for the new year….So many wonderful developments are taking place in the area of wellness and holistic health - truly exciting stuff! One such thrill for me this year has been my partnering with Carré [...]

Countdown to the Outlaw Snowdown

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Countdown to the Outlaw Snowdown   The Outlaw Snowdown, Pagosa’s new alt-country music festival, is just a week and a half away! The three-day show will be held in a heated tent turned honky tonk in town park next Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 13-15.   Doors (and the bar) will open at 4 p.m. [...]

Big Holiday Times along Wolf Creek and at Ski Area

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Many people think the San Juan River starts at the simmit of Wolf Creek Pass. No so! Wolf Creek starts at the summit and tumbles down to meet the West Fork below Treasure Falls. Wolf Creek Ski Area is not on Wolf Creek being located just on the east side of the Continental Divide. In [...]

THE BAND OF HEATHENS TO CLOSE THE OUTLAW SNOWDOWN

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Six years ago, Ed Jurdi, Colin Brooks and Gordy Quist were solo artists sharing the bill at Momo’s in Austin, Texas on Wednesday nights. Each act was there to perform his own set, but before long, the trio began sharing the stage, collaborating on each other’s songs and quickly gaining popularity as a group. “We [...]

Nordic Club Continuing Success Wins New Funding

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The Pagosa Nordic Club has made amazing progress in a few seasons obtaining grants, donations and new trail grooming equipment. Recently the club announced a successful drive for a “matching funds” donation allowing the purchase of more machinery. The club, with help from the forest service, now keeps several trails groomed for local and visiting [...]

Fall in Love with Lydia Loveless at Outlaw Snowdown

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Fall in Love with Lydia Loveless at Outlaw Snowdown

Holiday Week Special Edition, Return here daily for random updates

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 Return here daily for updates thru the holidays. WHY IS SANTA THE ONLY ONE SMILING??? IT MUST HAVE BEEN COLD  CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING!   THANKS STACY BOONE    See this photo in expanded format click here.   During the Christmas season of 2006 an event occurred in Pagosa Country that became a major news story worldwide. A home owner [...]

Opera Tonight, support the arts!

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Pagosa is very fortunate to be having a young opera singer performing at the Center for the Arts on 27th December at 6pm Entrance is by donation only. The family is paying for everything but are struggling to find the money to pay her pianist and the travelling expenses as well as having to pay [...]

HOLIDAY CREEK WETLANDS PROJECT, 2nd. in a series

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A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands are categorized by their characteristic vegetation, which is adapted to these unique soil conditions. The water found in wetlands can be saltwater, freshwater, or brackish. Wetlands include swamps, marshes, and bogs, among others. Wetlands are found on [...]

Man of all Seasons, Murry Banks, teaches Nordic at Wolf Creek

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Photos by Keith Jones.

A Christmas Present for Pagosa Springs, FRESH POWDER and then Bluebird Ski Days thru Christmas! Slope info here.

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Come to Pagosa for Christmas skiing, ice skating, Nordic skiing, sledding, snowman building and all the joy of a White Christmas.

Pagosa Nordic Trails Groomed for this Weekend

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   The Pagosa Nordic Club welcomes new members. Donations are needed as are members with interests in helping the club with grants, fund raising, events and grooming.  The Pagosa Nordic Club  thanks the US Forest Service, Town of Pagosa Springs, Archuleta County Government, local businesses, residents and visitors for their continued generous financial support for [...]

Wolf Creek Featured in Ski Magazine Cover Story

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Wolf Creek Ski Area, along with Telluride, Durango and Silverton, are featured in a cover article about “Colorado’s Secret Stashes.” This is huge promotion world wide for our local ski resorts. See the article website click here.

One Month and Counting…Biggest Show of the Winter!

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Get ready to get rowdy when Pagosa Springs plays host to the Outlaw Snowdown, an alternative-country music festival, this January 13-15, 2012. The three-day event will feature the genre’s heavy-hitters performing on the Town Park main stage (in a heated tent) from 5 to 10 p.m. each night.   ARTISTS STONEY LARUE: One of Red-Dirt [...]

Jason Boland Brings His Blue Collar Band to Pagosa Springs’ Outlaw Snowdown

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Jason Boland & the Stragglers will play at Pagosa Springs’ “Outlaw Snowdown” with Stoney Larue in an outdoor heated tent on Friday, January 13. The band is touring in support of Rancho Alto,  released on October 4th through Boland’s Proud Souls Entertainment (APEX Nashville/Thirty Tigers),  produced by  Grammy Award-winning producer Lloyd Maines (Dixie Chicks, Flatlanders, [...]

New samples today – Fine Art Christmas Market @ The Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts

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Fine Art Christmas Market.  The Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts is presenting the Fine Art Christmas Market in conjunction with the opening of it’s new theatre production The SantaLand Diaries. The Fine Art Christmas Market private preview will be Thursday, December 15, from 6PM-7PM for those attending the Champagne Reception and Opening of The [...]

Wonderful Wednesday Lunch Deliveries!

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In Pagosa Springs? Then you’re in luck! Tess is now offering lunch deliveries on Wednesdays! To receive your delivery for any Wednesday, simply place your order by the previous Monday.  Each lunch plate is only $15 (including delivery) and is freshly prepared using high quality, organic, plant-based ingredients. Your delivery will arrive between 12:30 and 1 p.m. More [...]

Splendid Ideas for Fido’s Holidays

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CHRISTMAS CAN BE A BIT OF A TRIAL FOR YOUR DOG (AND YOU). SO MAYBE HE SHOULD COME FOR ITS TURKEY MEAL WITH US, OR, IF NOT THEN HERE ARE SOME TIPS WE HOPE ARE HELPFUL.   MIGHT IT BE EASIER FOR YOU BOTH FOR YOUR DOG TO COME ‘IN THE DOG HOUSE’, FOR A [...]

WINTER STORM WATCH IN PLACE FOR THE SOUTHWEST SAN JUANS

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  WINTER STORM WATCH IN PLACE FOR THE SOUTHWEST SAN JUANS Winter Storm Enters The Area Late Monday From the National Weather Service in Grand Junction… …MOIST PACIFIC STORM BRINGS THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTHWEST COLORADO… .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BECOME SETTLED ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. [...]

Enjoy December & the Holidays in Pagosa Springs

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Pagosa Springs News & Events Enjoy the Holidays in Pagosa Springs With recent snows, Pagosa Springs has been transformed into a winter wonderland! Wolf Creek Ski Area has already received over 150 inches of snow for the season, nordic and snowmobile trails are being groomed and holiday decorations are up all around town. Start planning [...]

Preview – Moonrise/Sunset Soup&Chili X-C Ski, Free Nordic Lessons

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Hello X-C Ski Enthusiasts, Just a reminder about this weekends X-C Ski FREE activities.    This Friday Dec 9th from 4-7pm is our Moonrise/Sunset Soup&Chili X-C Ski Social.     Let us know if you can donate and bring a soup or chili, we will have a double boiler to keep it Hot.     We will have a camp [...]

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