Durango Trails Rx
Your prescription to the outdoors.
Hit the trails. Challenge yourself. Repeat!
Trailwork Updates
Fall in the San Juans
Fall is the perfect time to hit the trails. Flowing through trail to the sound of golden aspen leaves under your tires or shoe tread; being outdoors rarely feels so good. There are notes of summer and hints of winter, and nothing beats being outdoors surrounded by the golden, red, yellow and green hues.
Thank You to Our Sky Steps Volunteers!
Pent-up desire to participate in volunteer events has produced incredible early-season support! Special thanks to the 8th-grade students and teachers at Miller Middle School for their support in maintaining the famous Sky Steps.Durango’s Sky Steps officially opened in June 2017, creating a town to sky connection from Durango to the Fort Lewis College campus, home of the Skyhawks.Over 500 steps gaining over 250 feet in elevation along the Nature Trail in Durango make for a wonderful walking route, commute to the college, or training steps right in town.In partnership with the City of Durango and Fort Lewis College, the steps …
Durango Trails Working on Animas Mountain
Working with our land management partners at the Bureau of Land Management, Durango Trails has been hard at work completing trails at Animas Mountain. The BLM fire crew cleared the lines and the Durango Trails crew has been busy installing grade reversals, outslope as well as drainage features, and finish work on the new construction.
Welcome to the Durango Trails Rx!
See where you're at on the leaderboard!
Leaderboard is updated every Tuesday & Friday by 9:00 am
Sponsored by:
| Athlete | % Complete | Segments Completed | Primary Form of Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Jansen | 27% | Animas Mountain | Log Chutes | Molas Pass | Biking |
| Monica De Vera | 45% | Overend | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Log Chutes | Hiking, Biking |
| Bret S. | Biking | ||
| Travis B. | 09% | Missionary Ridge | Biking |
| Lizzie K. | Hiking | ||
| Dan H. | Hiking, Biking | ||
| Rusty C. | 109% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Animas Mountain | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Colorado Trail | Log Chutes | Missionary Ridge | Coal Bank | Molas Pass | Hiking |
| Kathryn B. | 91% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Animas Mountain | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Colorado Trail | Missionary Ridge | Coal Bank | Biking |
| Beata S. | 100% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Animas Mountain | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Colorado Trail | Log Chutes | Missionary Ridge | Coal Bank | Hiking |
| Diane T. | 36% | Horse Gulch 1 | Grandview | Twin Buttes | Coal Bank | Biking |
| Jackie Z. | 18% | Animas Mountain | Colorado Trail | Hiking, Biking |
| Jim M. | 55% | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Grandview | Colorado Trail | Missionary Ridge | Coal Bank | Biking |
| Aaron Moore | Biking | ||
| Barb Brazes | 73% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Grandview | Twin Buttes | Colorado Trail | Log Chutes | Coal Bank | Biking |
| Karis M. | 18% | Horse Gulch 1 | Grandview | Hiking, Running |
| Grace M. | 82% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Animas Mountain | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Colorado Trail | Molas Pass | Hiking, Biking |
| Abigail F. | 55% | Horse Gulch 1 | Animas Mountain | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Colorado Trail | Hiking |
| Jeff Fox | 100% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Animas Mountain | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Colorado Trail | Log Chutes | Missionary Ridge | Coal Bank | Biking |
| Rick R. | Hiking, Biking | ||
| Ted C. | 36% | Overend | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Biking |
| Imogen A. | 64% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Twin Buttes | Coal Bank | Biking, Running |
| Sam Yount | 73% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Animas Mountain | Grandview | Dalla Mountain Park | Colorado Trail | Coal Bank | Biking |
| Ned O. | 55% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Overend | Animas Mountain | Twin Buttes | Log Chutes | Biking |
| Robert W. | 18% | Overend | Coal Bank | Biking |
| Cherry O. | 36% | Horse Gulch 1 | Horse Gulch 2 | Colorado Trail | Coal Bank | Hiking |
| Chad Cheeney | Biking |
Your prescription to the outdoors is a 17 day trail challenge! Challenge yourself to see how many of Durango’s trails you can complete between now and October 5th!
The Durango Trails Rx is an opportunity for runners, walkers and mountain bikers to experience the vast array of trails that Durango Trails has spent the last 30 years planning, building and maintaining.
The event is not a race but rather an opportunity to learn about the variety of trails in our area, help promote Share the Trails ethics and realize one’s connection to the outdoors as a way to improve physical, mental and social well-being.
Register to participate, then start checking off the trail segments you complete! We’ll update everyone’s progress every Tuesday and Friday on our leaderboard above. Make sure to have all of your segments completed and checked off by 8:00 am on October 5th!
A dozen segments to complete!
To complete the Durango Trails Rx in full, you’ll need to complete 12 different segments of trails in the following areas: Horse Gulch, Overend, Animas Mountain, Grandview, Dalla Mountain Park, Twin Buttes, the Colorado Trail, Log Chutes, Missionary Ridge, Coal Bank, and Molas Pass.
Once you register, you’ll receive the list of specific segments to complete!
How does it work ?
Be sure to regularly check back here to see the leaderboard and track your progress!
Shoutout to our generous sponsor!
Durango Trails RX is Made possible by:
