Like constellations in the night sky, some see shapes in the snow and claim that they can foretell the future. From October till May,...

It’s time for my annual San Juan River spring runoff prediction! The 2021 water year is half over and spring runoff on the San Juan...

I stared through The Window, the legendary 600-foot notch in the Rio Grande Pyramid’s southern flank. I’d seen The Window from the...

On October 5th, 1911, the San Juan River experienced the highest and most devastating flood on record. Since the flood washed out every...

If you're a local, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen the highest point in Archuleta County but didn’t know it. Unlike the familiar...

When I see a conspicuous mountain on the skyline, I crave to view the world from its perspective and long for the awaiting adventure. In...

It may surprise you to know that the 2020 spring runoff on the San Juan River was a top-five event! While the 2019 spring runoff was the...

Wondering when and how much streamflow to expect in the San Juan River during the 2020 spring runoff? And how will the 2020 spring...

Rather than climbing snowbanks onto the Pagosa Springs High School roof or jumping out of the second-story classroom windows into the...

Wondering how the snowpack in the Southern San Juan Mountains stacks up to the last year and the historic norm? January is usually the...

How does the 2020 snowpack stack up to last year and to the historic norm? Snow-wise, 2019 is a tough act to follow, but I was surprised...

Winter in the mountains...for some, a snow-covered landscape brings chills and dread, for others, it brings excitement and new...

That's the question I pondered during the 1st week of September as I sweat through my afternoon science lessons. Our mountain high...

Alpine lakes are the gems of the San Juan Mountains - aquamarine water and surrounded by jagged peaks and wildflower-filled fens. They...

Hiking conditions on Pagosa Peak as of 7/20/19

Even though the 4th of July fireworks are over, there may be a natural nightly light show in your own backyard! To the delight of my...

The Fourmile Trail is free of downed trees (thanks USFS trail crew) and this year there's plenty of water plunging hundreds of feet to...

Trails that wind through the ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests have finally dried out and are now lined with a bumper crop of...

The town of Pagosa Springs can breathe a sigh of relief: it appears that the much-anticipated peak spring runoff event has occurred...

The current 2019 Southern San Juan snowpack is not unprecedented, but it's getting harder to find years to compare it to! Winter appears...