Welcome to ORIC

What's Happening

• 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.

Most Popular Topics

• Canyoneering
• Climbing
• Cross-country Skiing
• Cycling
• Hiking
• Hot Springs
• Huts, Yurts, Cabins, Chalets
• Ice Climbing
• Nordic Centers
• Snow Depths
• Snowshoeing

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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

• 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.
• The Events & Training page has been updated with February events. 1/25/12.
• We now have a new profile page for our Durango region. 1/11/12.
• We now have a new profile page for our Estes Park region. 1/4/12.
• 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.
• 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
• 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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