{"id":96702,"date":"2018-12-14T14:59:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T21:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/silverton-skijoring-to-return-in-february\/"},"modified":"2018-12-14T14:59:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T21:59:23","slug":"silverton-skijoring-to-return-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/silverton-skijoring-to-return-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverton skijoring to return in February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a4395835-c878-4b83-b241-fb1a22e00045&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a4395835-c878-4b83-b241-fb1a22e00045&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a4395835-c878-4b83-b241-fb1a22e00045&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a4395835-c878-4b83-b241-fb1a22e00045&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1366\" alt=\"The annual skijoring race in Silverton will return in February after being canceled this year because of insurance issues.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The annual skijoring race in Silverton will return in February after being canceled this year because of insurance issues.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Silverton\u2019s popular skijoring race is back on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been an uphill battle but we\u2019re gettin\u2019 \u2018er done,\u201d said Pete Maisel, event organizer. \u201cSkijoring in Silverton is returning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held over President\u2019s Day weekend, Feb. 16 and 17. It will be the 10th annual skijoring race in Silverton.<\/p>\n<p>The event this year was canceled after insurance issues arose from the 2017 race, where three people were injured by a horse spooked by a low-flying drone.<\/p>\n<p>Maisel said the cost of putting on the race has increased exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the early days, it took us about $11,000 to run it,\u201d he said. \u201cNow we need to raise about $25,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maisel said Thursday the event has raised close to $20,000, with major contributions from the Durango &amp; Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, San Juan Development Association and Coors Brewing Co.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jromeo@durangoherald.com\">jromeo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10th annual race planned for 2019 President\u2019s Day weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[327],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-96702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-silverton"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96702"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=96702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}