Summary
Organization name
Durango Trails
other names
Trails 2000
1993
Tax id (EIN)
84-1290857
Category
Environment
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
PO Box 3868Durango, CO 81302
La Plata County, CO, US
About
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Durango Trails plans, builds and maintains trails; educates trail users and creates connections. If you’ve hiked Engineer Mountain Tras, mountain biked in Horse Gulch, or run at Log Chutes then you have benefitted from our work. The trails have been re-discovered by so many over the last few years, making our work even more important.
Our impact is expansive: over the last season, you may have seen the Durango Trails truck parked or waved at crews on the ground at Engineer Mountain Trail, Dry Fork, Animas Mountain, or Haflin Creek. Perhaps you ran into our crew during our week spent on Engine Creek, during our reroute of Cowboy Trail in Grandview, or on the Colorado Trail removing over 75 downed trees this summer. And, it was hard to miss the substantial maintenance performed on the Meadow Trail in Horse Gulch - one of the most popular routes in town benefitted from a major reroute to improve drainage and trail flow.
Over the 2023 season, we maintained over 100 miles of trails, built the new Telegraph Connect trail connecting Horse Gulch to Durango Mesa Park, mobilized a dynamic volunteer team for over 3,500 hours of work, removed over 200 downed trees blocking trails, and more.
As you consider your year-end giving, please give thanks for the local trails that are a significant contributor to the high quality of life we enjoy in Durango. Your generous gift will support all of our trail building, maintenance, education, and stewardship programs. With your tax-deductible donation, you can take pride in knowing that you are providing invaluable support to the trails and the community for the year ahead. Where there's a trail, there's connectivity, open space, beautiful scenery, and a happier, healthier way of life.
As we say, great communities build great trails and great trails build great communities.
Happy Trails!
Mission
Durango Trails plans, builds and maintains trails; educates trail users and creates connections.
Background Statement
Great ideas often grow into great movements. In the early 1980s, four Durango locals who were trail users first hatched such an idea. A few local business people were sharing lunch at Olde Tymer's Café on Main Avenue when the conversation turned to the imminent growth and development of Durango and how the existing trail system would need to be protected. The four eventually shared the discussion with Ed Zink, Durango native, who carried the idea up the ladder to the then regional director of the Bureau of Land Management. Together, they dreamed up an independent trails group that would interface with the local land agencies, and Trails 2000 was born. 30 years later the group re-branded to Durango Trails.
The story goes that the group's first board of directors had a two-part goal - preserve and protect Durango's existing trails network and build 200 miles of trail by the year 2000. A great movement began to pick up speed . . .and Durango now boasts 300 miles of trail within 30 minutes of downtown.
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Organization Data
Durango, CO 81302