Outdoor Events in the Colorado Springs Area Starting Jan. 10 | Calendar events

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Trek

Bear Creek Nature Center – 245 Bear Creek Road. Registration required: 719-520-6387; communityservices.elpasoco.com/nature-centers.

• Swimming in the forest in January, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., January 22, from $ 20 to $ 30.

• Active Adults: CHS Historic Walk – Law and Disorder, 2:45 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Jan. 22, $ 7 to $ 15.

COTREX – The official app for Colorado Trails; trails.colorado.gov.

Rocky Mountain Trails – Information on more than 70 hikes; rockymountainhikingtrails.com.

Nature

Bear Creek Nature Center – 245 Bear Creek Road. Registration required: 719-520-6387; communityservices.elpasoco.com/nature-centers.

• Nature’s Classroom: Winter adaptation, for grades 1 to 3, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Fox Run Regional Park, $ 4 per person.

• Full moon photography workshop, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Clear Spring Ranch, $ 20.

Visitor Center and Nature Garden of the Garden of the Gods – 1805 N. 30th St. Registration required.

• Indoor treasure hunt for children, from 10 am to 11 am from Wednesday to January 26; tinyurl.com/2c49skxy.

• Amazing Animal Adaptations, for ages 8 to 12, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, $ 5; tinyurl.com/4ujy94eb.

• Why are wolves in Colorado? 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, $ 5; tinyurl.com/3uvv9s7w.

• What weather is it ? 3 p.m.-4 p.m. January 25, $ 3; tinyurl.com/2dbsxr4j.

• Fire Ecology, 3 to 4 p.m. on January 27, $ 3; tinyurl.com/2p886r7d.

Fountain Creek Nature Center – 320 Peppergrass Lane, Fountain. Registration required: 719-520-6745; communityservices.elpaso co.com/centres-nature.

• 2 and 3 outdoors: snow rabbits, for 2-3 year olds, 10 am to 11:15 am, Thursday to Friday, $ 3 per person.

• Frozen Fauna, Saturdays 10 am to noon, $ 4 to $ 5.

• Jr. Bird Club, for ages 8 to 15, 8 to 11 am on January 22, $ 10.

• Live birds of prey, 10 am to 11 am January 29, $ 4 to $ 5.

Colorado Bird Watching Trail – Coloradobirdingtrail.com lists places to see birds and wildlife.

Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center – 4729 Twin Rocks Road, split. Limited tours available. Register: 719-687-9742, wolfeducation.org.

Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site – 3106 Gateway Road. Living history programs available with tours, demonstrations and hands-on activities. Entrance from $ 3 to $ 8. Tickets required: rockledgeranch.com.

WEDNESDAY

Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Black Forest Trails Association – 6.30 p.m., Black Forest Community Club, 12530 Black Forest Road; black Forest trails.org.

Outdoor skills

Fly fishing for trout – 1025 Zuni Street, Denver. Registration: 303-733-1434, troutsflyfishing.com.

• Umpqua Signature fly tying course with Landon Mayer, 6 to 8 p.m. January 24, $ 100.

Functioning

Visitor Center and Nature Garden of the Garden of the Gods – 1805 N. 30th St.

• Galop in the Garden 5K, from 3 pm to 5 pm on Thursdays until March 31; gardenofgods.com/things-to-do/things-1/5k-fun-run.

Pikes Peak Road Runners – Go online for events: pprrun.org.

Volunteering

Many state parks are looking for volunteers. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/y9qafa2o.

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