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Welcome to ORIC
- Now til March 31. Ski/Snowboard Donation
& Recycling Program.
REI Denver & Boulder. All day. REI is
partnering with the Snowsports Industries America's (SIA) to repurpose
old gear into usable composite materials, as well as identifying good
condition gear that can be donated to charitable organizations for
further use. REI will accept voluntary monetary donations for SIA and
serve as drop-off points for old snow sports gear such as
skis/bindings, snowboards/bindings, boots, poles, snowshoes and
helmets. More.
- Now til Jan. 31. Gear Drive for Big City
Mountaineers and Cal-Wood Education Center.
REI Boulder. All day. The store is accepting donations of your new or
gently used, clean gear and clothing to support two local non-profits.
More (Big City
Mountaineers).
More (Cal-Wood
Education Center).
- Jan. 30. Colorado Environmental Film
Festival Special Screening. REI Denver. 6:30 -
8:00 p.m. The CEFF will hold a free pre-festival screening and include
a sneak peek of films from the festival's 2012 selections.
More.
Registration required.
- Feb. 2. Adventuring in the I.O.N
Wilderness Areas. REI Boulder. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
The high deserts, uplifted mountains, and deep river canyons along the
borders of Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada (I.O.N) are some of the wildest
country left in the lower 48 states. Join David Kirk of The Wilderness
Land Trust to learn about these incredible places.
More.
Registration required.
- Feb. 4. Homeless Gear Donation Day.
REI Fort Collins. 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. REI Fort Collins has teamed
up with Homeless Gear, a Fort Collins based non profit program to help
the homeless of Colorado. Homeless Gear collects and distributes
outdoor gear and clothing to the homeless. More.
- Free Class: "Maps, Compasses & Orienteering." 1st and 3rd Fridays,
1:00 p.m. REI downtown Denver. 1416 Platte St.
- ORIC NEEDS VOLUNTEERS. See our
Volunteering page.

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How To Use This Site
- To plan your outdoor activities go to our
What Do You Want To Do?
section. You will find trip descriptions and maps, organized by activity
type, to help you figure out what to do and where to go. Some of it is on this site and the rest is on
other sites for which we provide links. If you know what part of the
state you are interested in, start with our
Where Do You Want To Go section
and click on a yellow marker in one of our 25 regions.
- To find places to sleep in the boonies, go
to the Where You Can Stay section. There is
guidance there
on cabins, yurts, campgrounds, etc. (We do not provide info on places to stay
in towns.)
- To check the status of such things as snow
depths, river flows, avalanche danger, etc., go to the
Current Conditions section.
- To pitch in with ORIC or other outdoor
organizations, check out our Volunteering section.
The rest of the sections in the menu in the left column ought to be
self-explanatory.
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Recent Updates to This Site
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We have three new pages for the Granby Region (Winter Park, Grand Lake,
Rocky Mountain National Park west side). They are the
region profile page, the
day
hiking index, and the
winter
trails index. These add 61 trail listings, bringing the total on
this website to 818.
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The Events & Training page has been
updated with February events. 1/25/12.
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We now have a new profile page for our
Durango region. 1/11/12.
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We now have a new profile page for our
Estes Park region. 1/4/12.
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The brand new
ORIC
Estes Park Region Winter Trails Index is now available with
descriptions of four trails and trail systems. Total listings on this
site now: 752. 1/4/12.
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We have started adding "profile" pages for each of our 25 recreation
regions with info on public lands, tourism websites and pertinent maps
and guide books. The first three are
Boulder,
Denver and
Summit County. 12/27/11
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Happy Holidays to our snowshoers and cross-country skiers. Our new
Denver
Region Winter Trails Index provides you with 32 trails and trail
systems in Denver's backyard. Total listings on this site now: 748.
12/22/11.
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ORIC wants to be your most important resource for help planning your next outdoor adventure.
We provide thorough information for Colorado as well as some information for surrounding states.
And we do it two ways: through this website and in person at an information
desk in the map department of the REI Flagship store in downtown Denver.
We are a partnership of nine federal, state and private organizations. Our
staff is one full-time manager, supplied by the US Forest Service, and a crew of
volunteers. For more information, see our
printable brochure.
Visit us at REI: 1416 Platte St.
Store location map.
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