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A fair number of downed trees getting worse the further you go. Still mostly runnable.

We ran an all-out mile on the track last night to determine our current fitness. We will use that time for 2 purposes: to set a challenging, yet attainable mile goal time and determine the interval paces to train for that goal. In addition, you can use you current mile time and extrapolate to a lo

Groomed on 12/7/18. Still a bit soft for uphill skate skiing, but the downhill was heavenly. Classic tracks are set. Fall Creek Road: 12/7/18

Tomorrow is fitness checkup time! Ryder is heading off to college so I want to give him the opportunity to get a fitness benchmark before he begins his cross country season. So tomorrow we'll do an all-out mile at your goal pace. Personally, I like to know my 400 lap time and press my lap button

This workout will be short, but difficult. 1 mile warmup. 800m at mile goal pace, walk 200m. 4x400m at mile goal pace with a 200m walk between each 400m. Half mile cool down. Here are some splits that you can interpolate between to determine you paces. Goal Mile 800m split 400m split 4:4

Want to become a faster runner? Join me and others at 7:00 PM on Tuesdays at the Pagosa Springs High School track. We will start with a mile time trial. Then every Tuesday, we will run track intervals to help you achieve your goal mile time 6 weeks later. Tomorrow, 6/26/18 at 7 PM, I will be at t

Gate 5 remains the driest trailhead to access area single track. In southern sections of Turkey Springs, seasonal creeks are still flowing and there are still swampy spots, but the trail is dry for long distances between swamps. 1 downed tree on Catamount near the junction with Creek Trail and 2 d

Low elevation Nordic trail snow depths are phenomenal, but soft in the afternoon. This weekend, the fat biking conditions on the Turkey Springs loop were the best of the season! Go in the morning to preserve the trails!

Come out to the track tomorrow night and work on your running fitness and economy! Here's the workout for tomorrow: 1x1200 @ mile goal pace, walk 200, 1x400 @ mile goal pace, walk 200, then 4x200 below mile goal pace with 100m walk between each 200. Use the table below to determine your splits: G

Join us on the track tomorrow night as we continue to use the uniform surface to help you focus on running fast and efficiently with good form. Tomorrow's workout will target VO2 max using longer repetitions. The workout is 3x1 mile at VO2 max pace with a 1 lap walk/rest between efforts. Use the

Come out to the track and work on your speed, running economy, and lactate threshold! We've had a great group of runners so far, but we'd would love to have more! The sprinklers have been on so bring your kids, and their bikes. Our kids have been having a great time while we workout. Once agai

Encountered 13 downed trees between the trailhead and the lake. All of the trees are easy to cross unless you're on horseback. The branches have been pruned. A little snow remaining on north facing slopes above treeline. Flowers were amazing despite the drought. One lone cow elk grazing above th

Only one tree down between the upper and lower trailheads. Horse/mule traffic through the muddy sections have made those sections difficult to run. 25% mud, 75% dry. Beautiful views of the river!

Most Forest Service Roads are open with the exception of these high elevation roads: Black Mountain 661 (access Pagosa Peak) Buckles Lake 663 (access to Buckles Lake) Castle Creek 660 (access to Fish Creek Trail) Falls Creek 039 Nipple Mountain 665 (access to Quartz Lake via Little Blanco Trail) M

Fourmile Trail to is clear to the Fourmile Falls, stream crossings aren't bad. Opal Lake Trail is clear to Opal Lake, stream crossings aren't bad. Weminuche Trail is clear at least 10 miles in, East Fork of the Weminuche Creek is running high but there is a log jam just downstream that will get you

Trail Name (#): Last Updated - Conditions/notes • Anderson (579): 6/12/19 - 1st 3 miles are clear • Blanco River (573): • Buckles and Harris Lake: • Cimarrona (586): 7/27/19 - one tree between TH and the the junction with Hossick Creek Trail • Coal Creek: clear to wilderness b

You have to cross the Middle Fork of the Piedra River almost immediately. Use the large cottonwood just upstream of the trail. You can hop across rocks at the Lean Creek crossing. I ran 6 miles up the trail on my way to summit Sugarloaf (https://www.strava.com/activities/1657921801) and only encou

All of the local forest service roads are open at this time with the exception of Wolf Creek Road (FR725), Falls Creek Road (FR039), and East Fork Road (FR667), which is closed at mile 6 due to high water crossings (Silver Falls is not accessible). Trails with river crossings are still difficult d

The monster snowpack is mostly gone below 8,000 feet and trails are starting to dry out. Reservoir Hill is dry enough to ride with the exception of the downhill section on the north side. Dakota Springs is still wet and needs some trail work before it's ride-able. Turkey Springs is partly dry wit

I skated Alberta Park yesterday! The snow conditions were shallow, but in great shape especially considering it was last groomed on 11/11/18. Classic tracks have not been set yet.

Only one tree down between the Fourmile Trailhead and Fourmile Falls. 5 trees down between the falls and the lake. 17 trees down on Anderson Trail all within 2 miles of the Fourmile Lake. Only a couple were difficult to cross.

Only a couple trees down from Poison Park to Divide Lakes. There's no sign where the Divide Lakes trail leaves the Weminuche Trail (mile 7.8). From Divide Lakes, I dropped down to the Pine River. Just before I reached the valley floor, there was a Granite Lake sign next to a faint trail leading N

Pagosa's best downhill mountain bike trail! No trees down. A bit loose at the top.

Trail is in great shape! Only 1 downed tree at mile 1.7. No snow on the trail. The snowfield near the saddle, which normally covers the trail at this time of year, has almost melted completely and the wildflowers are peaking as you approach the saddle. Like always, Quartz Trail can be indistinct