Welcome to ORIC

What's Happening

• May 17. Girls' Wilderness Program Informational Slideshow. REI Boulder. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Join us for an informational slideshow for girls and parents about The Girls' Wilderness Program, summer wilderness courses for girls age 8-18. Boulder: More; Registration required.
• May 19. "Nice Kitty" Trail Construction Project with CO Trailblazers. Buffalo Creek. 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Our organization and planning for the completion of the Nice Kitty Trail Construction Project is very much the focus of the Trailblazers efforts in 2012. This trail project has over a 1,000 feet of change in elevation and approximately 4 miles of varied terrain composed of recovering burned hillsides with spectacular views to rocky features on steep hillsides and a ponderosa canopy forest. More.
• May 19. 10th Annual Boulder Community Cleanup Day. Scott Carpenter Park and Valmont Bike park. 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Join Boulder Parks and Rec and REI Boulder to help clean up Boulder by removing trash and recyclables, planting trees and pulling weeds from various parks, greenways, and the Boulder Creek path. You pick one of the fifteen cleanup sites to volunteer at and on-site project leaders will provide direction and supplies. More.
• May 27. Bonfils Blood Drive. REI Englewood. 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Bonfils Blood Center needs thousands of volunteer donors each week to meet Colorado's needs. Please contact Bonfils' Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome as space permits. More.
• ORIC NEEDS VOLUNTEERS. See our Volunteering page.

Most Popular Topics

• Backpacking
• Camping
• Canyoneering
• Climbing
• Cycling
• Fishing
• Hiking
• Hot Springs
• Huts, Yurts, Cabins, Chalets
• Paddling & Boating
• Road Conditions
• Scenic Driving
• Wildlife Viewing

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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

• The Gunnison Region (including Crested Butte and Lake City) now has a region profile page and day hiking index page. They add 196 trail listings. Total listings for this site: 1,316. 4/30/12
• The Grand Junction Region now has a winter trails page listing seven trails and trail systems. Total listings on this site: 1,120. 4/3/12.
• We have two new pages for the Grand Junction Region: region profile page, day hiking index. They add 193 trail listings and bring the total for the site to 1,113. 3/22/12

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