If you think the legal marijuana industry is big in Colorado, you’re not high. According to a study by Denver University Assistant Professor of Business Paul Seaborn, the number of active Colorado marijuana licenses is at an all-time, uh, record.
It’s time to trade in the business suit for the swimsuit as the City of Durango hosts what is sure to be a brisk and refreshing first-ever Float to Work Day this Fri., Aug. 25.
Speaking of alternative transportation, you might want to consider it this weekend and next. The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office has announced it will be conducting sobriety checkpoints between 5 p.m. – 12 midnight on Aug. 25, and Sept. 1. (We’re thinking these won’t include coffee and pastries like the Float to Work station.)
There’s a new face talking over the handlebars at Purgatory. The resort announced this week that it has appointed Hogan Koesis as the new czar of MTB trails at Purg and its sister resorts.
The new position was created in an effort to return Purg to its former mountain bike glory and help the resorts play catch up with the explosion of biking options at resorts across the West.
Free lift tickets will be handed out on the Purgy’s patio from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. For more info, email Purg Events Manager Matthew Krichman a mkrichman@purgatoryresort.com.
Tired of going to yoga in the great indoors? It’s time to change it up and surround your- self with creatures who can’t even imagine squeezing into a pair of Lululemons.
Sure, riding Hermosa Creek can be a blast – but this time, we mean this literally. The San Juan National Forest in conjunction with Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be conducting blasting operations on the upper part of Hermosa Creek today, Thurs., Aug. 10, at about 3 p.m.
So much for hitting the slopes to get away from it all. One of the last bastions of solitude – the lonely chairlift ride – could be a thing of the past.
