Adventure

Ride with purpose 

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Kevin Sheehan has taken his ski bike down the same run at Eldora Mountain Resort countless times, but this time was different. Riding the lift...

Mushroom hunter

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We are in a mixed pine and aspen forest at about 8,000 feet. We walk slowly, scanning the ground for signs of the golden fungus we intend to pile high in our wicker basket. We have seen everything we don’t want — russulas, puffballs and trash. When we do finally ...

Where fear and anxiety collide

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I was at the entrance to Devil’s Castle when the first lightning bolt struck. From where I stood, on the rocky ridge connecting Unnamed...

Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before? Take a hike and...

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The air on top of Peak One (12,805) on July 15 at 6:33 a.m. is clear, the temperatures are cool, and the breakfast? The...

You Could Smell Humanity

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She let them sleep in her woodshed. But all night long, recalls Boulder resident Stan Havlick, he could hear the young woman praying fervently that the foreign cyclists tucked soundly into their sleeping bags wouldn’t harm her...

When you’re in the ring

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The other guy lands another stinging jab on Israel. Then, a flattening smack when his glove slams into Israel’s head. Israel crouches low and pulls...

Summer stoke  

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Two things attract the attention of Boulderites year-round: powder days and the Grateful Dead.  Somewhere between those two addictions lives Teton Gravity Research (TGR), an...

Alaska: reality & mystique

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Alaska is one of those places that exists as much in mystique as in reality. The land of the midnight sun transcends time and...

The power of Pyramid Peak

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Pyramid Peak, located just outside of Aspen, stands at 14,018 feet and is the 47th highest mountain in Colorado. In contrast to its aesthetically symmetrical neighbors, the Maroon Bells, Pyramid has a raw, jagged quality evidenced in the broken yet graceful lines ...

Born again runner

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They say you can’t run before you walk, but Terry Chiplin may be the exception to the rule. The British-native is the founder of the...

The language of stoke

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TGR’s latest mountain bike film ‘Esperanto’ features a Littleton local becoming a freeride idol for the next generation of riders

Pain and powder

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After a grueling campaign that killed or wounded thousands of its members, the 10th Mountain Division of World War II marked Germany’s surrender to...