Durango named an Adventure Hub by Outside Magazine
In its April 2012 issue, Outside Magazine once again recognized Fort Lewis College’s hometown of Durango as a great place for adventurous people. This time, Durango was named , second only to Lake Wanaka in New Zealand. The article mentions several of Durango’s favorite multi-season activities: road and mountain biking, trout fishing, mountaineering, kayaking, and downhill and Nordic skiing.
In recent years, Outside magazine has recognized Durango several times, including as , , and .
All of these outdoor accolades make perfect sense to FLC’s students, who regularly cite Durango’s breathtaking location and outdoor opportunities as a reason for choosing to become Skyhawks. Students can work the outdoors into their academic studies (with departments like ,, and ) and their extracurricular activities (, , and , to name a few).