Farmington Daily Times
OUTDOORS
Updated: May 15, 2013 4:29:09 PM MDT
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NAVAJO LAKE —Farmington and Piedra Vista high schools offer some unique opportunities to upperclassmen ready to break out of the classroom and into the great outdoors.   Full Story
 
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The 26th Annual E.H. Queen Memorial Bass Tournament will kick off this Saturday at Navajo Lake and continue into Sunday.   Full Story
 
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AZTEC — As more and more contestants sign up for events such as the Alien Run Mountain Bike Race each year, the precautions that must be taken grow as well.   Full Story
 
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FARMINGTON — His heart sunk as he turned his head. He could see it as if in slow motion, someone else's child being swept over rapids just yards downstream.   Full Story
 
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Schuyler Dutremaine of Farmington poses with a five-pound rainbow trout she caught last weekend at Lake Pagosa in Colorado.   Full Story
 
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NAVAJO DAM — Entering the Navajo Lake State Park on a beautiful spring day in late April, you expect to find people boating, fishing, hiking and swimming.   Full Story
 
A bicycle race that began as a fundraiser to help build the Aztec Library is now an established event in the Aztec and mountain biking communities.   Full Story
 
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FARMINGTON — Just above treeline on a mountain known as the Grand Turk, it is still dark as mountaineering students emerge from snow shelters with backpacks packed with the days supplies: climbing harnesses, crampons, ice axes, avalanche beacons, water, rope, food and helmets.   Full Story
 
 
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The past weekend's third annual Golden Games kicked off the summer's roll of river festivals and celebrated the return of whitewater after last summer's drought-restricted trickle.  
 
Scott Willoughby, The Denver Post
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, they say. It's the size of the fight in the dog.  
 
 
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Park City » The snow was sparse and a biting wind made the mid-30s temperatures even colder on Sunday, but the final day at six Utah ski resorts had two essential ingredients for an end of season party.   Full Story

 
Too often people associate the southern Utah desert with sand, snakes and cactus. There's nothing wrong with those things, but the drier climates also get a blast of color from wildflowers this time of year.   Full Story

 
 
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