The Best Camping Recipes You Need On Hand Whether You’re Rafting or Not As river running connoisseurs, we are without a doubt tremendously serious about our camping recipes. And as professional outdoor dwellers, we feel it is our duty to share our food smarts with the rest of the wilderness-lovin’ community. Sometimes meals need to […]

How the Silver Boom made Southwest Colorado & Its Wild Mining Towns Before the mid 1800s, Colorado mining towns were nonexistent. The untapped land was home the original people known as the Ute, who migrated with the hunting season across this wild western territory. White settlers had made their way through these rugged mountains on […]

Top 13 Tours You Definitely Need to Check Out in Durango, Colorado Headed to the most fun mountain town in Colorado? Well played, and hopefully well planned! Durango has so much to do that it’s kind of outrageous, but in a good way though. This list is intended to help you organize the perfect getaway […]

The Perfect Weekend in Pagosa Springs – Things to Do During Spring Wondering what Pagosa Springs has for things to do during spring other than soaking in their famous hot springs? Wow, lots of spring in that sentence. It’s not that we wouldn’t want to soak for days on end in Pagosa’s healing pools, honestly. […]

Top Reasons Why You Need To Take A Jeep Tour In Southwest Colorado If you’re planning a visit to Southwest Colorado, we hope you’ve put it somewhere on your itinerary to get high… by exploring the mountains either yourself or via Jeep Tour, of course. Millions of visitors flow through Colorado each year, but many […]

5 Trails That Will Have You Frolicking for Wildflowers Around Moab It might come as a surprise in this arid desert, but the trails in Moab can come with flocks of wildflowers in mid-spring! As long as the sunbaked loam has received enough rainfall throughout the year, things can really get blooming here by late […]

Moab As Seen On TV – 8 Famous TV & Movie Locations In Moab To Visit This probably doesn’t come as a surprise, but Moab is like, totally famous. Its dumbfounding scenery is, as renowned western-movie-maker John Ford put it, “Where God put the West.” With backdrops as remarkable as Dead Horse State Park and […]

Southwestern Wildlife Coming Out of Hibernation Wondering about southwestern wildlife hibernation? Imagine going to bed for the entirety of winter… sounds kind of incredible actually. And it is, because those who manage to do it are both skillfully prepared and genetically superior to rest of us who would immediately starve, drown, or freeze to death […]

Rafting Season Forecast for 2021 Spring is in there air, and we all know what that means — Time to roll out the rafts! While the Southwest’s version of spring usually features a combo of more blankets of snow mixed with summer stints, we know there’s plenty of mountain-melt coming our way. Check out this […]

Where to Escape the Crowds in Moab for Spring Break Moab is a mega spring break destination, and for good reason. March and April temperatures let folks actually enjoy their outdoor activities without the prospect of heat exhaustion, or sunburns that match the sandstone.  Although, one might feel a little short on serenity in Moab […]