Adventure
Arapahoe Basin offering two-season ski pass for $499
Colorado ski area Arapahoe Basin is breaking out a new pass concept predicated on a crazy idea: People who like skiing now might continue to like skiing in the future...
Climbing Colorado’s couloirs
By definition, a couloir is a steep gorge cut into the side of a mountain. Couloirs constitute the artistry of the hills, carving out massive grooves that often define the character of a mountain. Some peaks are lined with sheer vertical streaks, capped off with ...
Birds of Fire lives again
The hike to Chiefs Head, the third-highest peak in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), is a haul by any account. Seven miles deep in...
The art and science of racing boards
Snowboarding attracts a wide variety of enthusiasts. With so many mountains and so many types of terrain to explore, there are many different ways to enjoy the snow during the year, from cranking intoxicating, effortless turns in pure backcountry powder to slipping ...
Climbing etiquette
Show respect for climbing sites and your fellow mountaineers Knowing your mountain and treating the site with respect is an important part of the climbing experience. All climbers should follow “Leave No Trace” principles, plus any rules specific to an area...
A bolt out of the blue
When she made the choice to call climbing to an end that day at Vedauwoo, a rock climbing area in southern Wyoming, Emily Isaacs was making what she saw as a conservative call on safety. Most of the 12- to 13-year-old girls on The Women’s Wilderness Institute trip ...
Elevated Reflections on the fourmile fire
One of the more poignant memoirs I’ve read concerns a group of French soldiers in World War I. The men lost their way en route to the battlefield and mistakenly ascended a high, steep ridge. From that unintentionally safe vantage point, they witnessed the horrendous ...
The golden season
The shoulder season could use a PR makeover. Too many people think autumn is a time to stay home between summer camping and winter skiing and snowmobiling. They pack up their camping gear after Labor Day and wait for the snow to fly. But it really makes no sense...
Alone among a billion
Somewhere amid the picking, processing and packing of tea leaves at a tea factory in India, Bill Giebler began to see a reflection of his own life: Grown to one purpose, and eventually turned to another...
Ride, run and, above all, race
Not familiar with cyclocross? Let’s introduce you to your new addiction...
Groovy in the Gore
boulderweekly.com/elevation More flowers than Woodstock without the mud or crowds The trail was rocky...
