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...

I know, I know - it's snowing again. But it's the greenest spring that I can remember in 20 years and nice weather is arriving just in time

Is this Ireland or the San Juan Mountains? It sure is green, but just looking at the 7-day forecast makes me shiver! In stark contrast...

The 2019 winter was officially a winner! The most encouraging sight was seeing the drinking water reservoirs cascading over their...

After a near record-setting February, March is off to a great start, and more storms are on the way! Snow conditions are polar opposite...

Have we broken any snow depth records this year? To answer that question, I plotted March 1st snow depths over the last 20 winters....

Wondering how our current snowpack stacks up against last year and the historic average? Storms this past week added about four inches...

Waking up to nearly two feet of fresh snow was a great way to start 2019! The New Year's Storm ranks as one of the top storms of the...

The Grand Canyon offers some of the most stunning scenery in the world, and it also offers some of the most challenging running terrain. ...

The snow season in the Southern San Juan Mountains is off to a strong start!  Wolf Creek Ski Area opened on October 13, only 5 days later...

The 2019 water year is off to a great start! Two days into the new water year, moisture from Hurricane Rosa streamed into the Southern...

As the summer sizzled, the monsoon fizzled, and the streamflow dwindled. The tubing opportunities decreased and now the all the trout...