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Hello From Pagosa Country! I am ill. I’ve got cabin fever! We’ve had beaucoup snow this year. This is the most snow I’ve seen in several years. It reminds me of when I moved to Pagosa 40 years ago. Wolf Creek Ski Area gets an average of 400” annually. So far this year they have […]

It’s snowing as I write today. We received two inches of snow overnight and Wolf Creek Ski Area got four. November was pretty mild with not much moisture. On the bright side, it’s supposed to snow over the next several days. Wolf Creek is open for skiing but could use a good dump. Currently, the […]

Hello From Pagosa Country! Fall is in the air! Wolf Creek Ski Area received its first snow of the season this past weekend. The trees are becoming more colorful every day. Now is the time to take that drive over the mountains to enjoy nature’s handiwork. It’s gorgeous out there! We will also start to […]

Hello From Pagosa Country! It’s another beautiful day in paradise. This is the greenest summer I’ve ever seen since moving to Pagosa back in June of ’83. We’ve received 8 inches of rain this summer compared to the average of 1.9 inches – just what the doctor ordered! On a negative note, the downtown highway […]

It’s very green and a little soggy out there – lots of rain and not much sun over the past week or so. The monsoons have been in overdrive, and the wildflowers are having a field day. This is great news for the drought and fire danger. Town is very busy with lots of vacationers […]

We just celebrated our country’s 246th birthday. Hooray, hooray! This is always the busiest week of the year in Pagosa Country, with all sorts of attractions going on. We are fortunate enough this year to have half of our family in town. We have my daughter Heather, her husband John, and their two kids Grant […]

As I look out the windows this morning, I can’t see the mountains as clearly as normal due to a lot of smoke and dust in the air. There are several fires burning in New Mexico and Arizona. We are also experiencing much windier than normal conditions. Unfortunately, a lot of our good winter moisture […]

Hello From Pagosa Country! Another beautiful day in paradise – it’s sunny today, with expected spring showers tonight and tomorrow. Half of the ice has melted from my trout pond, so it’s almost time to go fishing! Since we’ve had some warmer-than-normal temperatures, in the low 70s, the San Juan River through town is already […]

Hello From Pagosa Country! It’s cold outside! This morning it’s -4 degrees and one of the coldest days of the year. We got a fresh dump of snow a couple days ago, which totaled about 6 inches down here in town and 27 inches up at the ski area. This was the first measurable snow […]

Happy New Year From Pagosa Country! This is the first sunny day we’ve had in the past ten days. The snow-covered mountains look like a picture postcard, and it’s chilly out there! This morning it was -6 degrees, the coldest day of the winter so far. I have a whole bunch of snow in my […]