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
Durango Trails
A nonprofit organization
$6,530 raised by 17 donors
33% complete
$20,000 Goal
About
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Durango Trails plans, builds and maintains trails; educates trail users and creates connections. If you’ve hiked Engineer Mountain Trail, gone mountain biking in Horse Gulch, or run at Log Chutes then you have benefitted from our work. Outdoor recreation and especially the trails have been re-discovered by so many over the last few years, making our stewardship work even more important.
Now more than ever, we need your help. Your donation is critical to ensuring that Durango Trails has the resources to keep our trails open, safe, and thriving for everyone. Without your generosity, the very trails that bring us joy and adventure could face neglect. By making a gift today, you are investing in the future of our trails—and in the well-being of our community. Every dollar you contribute goes directly to supporting vital projects: clearing and maintaining trails, building new pathways, and fostering the next generation of trail stewards.
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 Pass Trail, Dry Fork, Animas Mountain, or Haflin Creek. Perhaps you ran into our crew while we constructed two new trails on Animas Mountain, Engine Creek or Big Canyon or on the Colorado Trail removing over 75 downed trees this summer as well as gigantic cottonwood that landed on the lower CT bridge. And, it was hard to miss the substantial maintenance performed on the local trails, addressing and installing hundred’s of drainage issues.
Over the 2024 season, we maintained over 100 miles of trails, built the new Lupine, Merve and Swerve trails, mobilized a dynamic volunteer team for over 3,500 hours of work, removed over 200 downed trees blocking trails across the entire system, 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 years 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 world class trails; educates 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