Recreation

Los Alamos Skiers Attend Rocky Mountain Division YAP Jamboree In Colorado

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Participants in the Rocky Mountain Division Young Adult Patroller Jamboree last weekend at Sunlight Mountain Resort, Colo. Courtesy photo

Pajarito Mountain YAP JoAnna O’Neill leads a toboggan carrying the lifeless body of a snowman downhill to a lift as part of a training exercise during last weekend’s YAP jamboree. Courtesy photo

PMSP News:

Three young adult patrollers (YAPs) and five YAP candidates from Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrol (PMSP) traveled to Sunlight Mountain Resort in Colorado for last weekend’s Annual Rocky Mountain Division YAP Jamboree Read More

High Flyers Head To State Championships

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The High Flyers front row from left, Ashley Smith, Emily Smith, Eliana Rodriguez, Haily Herrera, Megan Martinez and Megan Crawford. Back row from left, Kwani Lopez Moya, Valarie Valdez, Aubrianna Telachy, Ashley Hammond and Anna Kirkland. Not pictured is Elizabeth Merrill. Photo by Chris Smith

HIGH FLYERS News:

Members of the High Flyers Gymnastics team will compete in the state championships this weekend in Albuquerque.

The girls in level two and three will face off against all qualifying competitors from across New Mexico for a chance to win state championship titles.

The team will enter Read More

Valles Caldera Turkey Hunt Lottery Now Open

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A turkey on the Valles Caldera. Courtesy/VCT

VCT News:

Hunters can enter the 2015 Valles Caldera Trust lottery for a chance to hunt Merriam turkeys on the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

The 2015 hunt will be the ninth since the Preserve was established in 2000 and the second since the one ticket, per hunter, per hunt lottery was established last year in order to offer turkey hunts to a wider range of applicants.

Eight hunt authorizations will be issued for the two hunts scheduled for May 2-4 and May 8-10.

Each applicant will be limited to one ticket per hunt code but can apply to both hunts. Read More

Los Alamos Fencing Club Announces End-Of-Season Epee Tournament Finishers

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 LAFC News:
 
The Los Alamos Fencing Club hosted an end-of-season epee tournament for the YMCA Advanced Fencing class this week.
 
The finishers include:
  • Wesley Terrones (Gold medal);
  • Dana Urbatsch  (Silver medal);
  • Mady Anderson;
  • Paige Power; and
  • Aiden Monteith.
 
“All of the fencers have worked very hard over the last year to hone their fencing skills to the level they now are,” LAFC Coach Tom Hill said. “Wesley’s flawless footwork and fast thinking on the strip carried him to the gold medal finish.
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Purgatory Is Back!

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Purgatory Ski Resort in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado.

BUSINESS News:

  • James Coleman Finalizes Purchase of Durango Mountain Resort and Changes Name Back to Purgatory

DURANGO, Colo. – Durango Mountain Resort has announced that James Coleman, a Durango, Colo., businessman, finalized the purchase today of the resort. Coleman disclosed that his first order of business is to change the name of Durango Mountain Resort back to “Purgatory” Resort and use the ski area’s popular “retro” logo with the red and white inverted triangles.

James Coleman

Since 2000, Coleman has been the Read More

Los Alamos Mountaineer Brett Kettering Presents ‘High Pointing Gets Addictive’ March 18

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Brett Kettering and friend on top of the world. Courtesy/LA Mountaineers
 
Brett Kettering and friends climb high. Courtesy/LA Mountaineers

LAM News:

The public is invited to join the Los Alamos Mountaineers (LAM) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos for an exciting presentation by Brett Kettering, a local, active LAM member, titled “High Pointing Gets Addictive.”

Over the years, Kettering has been visiting state high points as he has opportunity. Lately it’s become more of an addiction. Kettering has summitted some of the states’ highest Read More

Annual Fire & Ice Festival In Jemez Springs Feb. 28

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USFS News:

Celebrate the beauty of winter and the coming of spring at the annual Fire and Ice Restoration Festival at Father Fitzgerald Park in Jemez Springs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28.

This free event will feature live music, chicken bingo, arts and crafts, and even a cross-cut saw contest. Special guests will include Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl.

The Santa Fe National Forest will host an educational booth highlighting the Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project, a 10-year, $40 million collaborative to improve the Forest’s resilience to fire, restore habitat and watershed, Read More