Storm downs trees on S. Colo. trails
Southern Colorado hikers and peak-baggers heading to the high country this summer will face a challenge besides exhaustion and thunderstorms.
Outdoor Briefs
- Professional ultra-runner Dakota Jones of Durango won the Transvolcania 50-mile trail race last Saturday in the Canary Islands of Spain off the coast of Africa.
- Competing in an elite international field, Jones, 21, a Durango High School graduate and former Demons cross-country runner, bettered the course record by about an hour.
- The race, conducted by the International Sky Racers Association, went to the top of a major volcano on La Palma Island and featured 14,763 feet elevation gain and loss.
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