Bridging the Divide

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Adventure

Into the Earth

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The hike started innocently enough: a well-trodden trail from a Utah campground near the small ski resort of Brianhead. Soon, though, we left the trail and started bushwhacking up a steep ridge. The terrain was rough. Loose rocks made progress difficult for those ...

Transformed by triathlon

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Randy Soler is animated, his words cascading into the warm air of summer in sweetly accented English, fueled by a triple espresso that sits...

No Al Canal!

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I asked our driver what he’d recently heard about the canal. He responded, “We’ve been hearing about the canal for 50 years.” We were driving...

Aspen, Jackson Hole, Alta, Squaw Valley announce combined ski pass

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 Colorado's Aspen/Snowmass ski resort has teamed with resorts across the West to offer a pass to skiers and snowboarders for the 2012-2013 ski season...

For paralympians, other dangerous ways to cheat

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As the 2012 Paralympic Games begin in London this week, officials will be as concerned as ever about preventing and catching cheating among the athletes...

New Warren Miller film arrives

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Warren Miller Entertainment is set to screen its latest winter sports film, Like There’s No Tomorrow, at the Boulder Theater Nov. 8-13, and the movie stars three Colorado natives...

Pro Challenge starting line? We’ll take it

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Cyclists rejoice. Out of the dark of winter, a time of year...

Diving in to the unclimbed

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One look at the Shark’s Fin on India’s Mount Meru and it’s not hard to see how the arrowhead feature could dig into a climber’s mind. But that one look would be only a part of the story of why that particular piece of rock has haunted mountaineer Conrad Anker for two...

In Mexico, a Dangerous Race: 10 Hours in Juarez

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Can Mexico's most popular bike race survive in the murder capital of the...

Shoulder season adventures

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By the time this article goes to print, the streets of Boulder will likely be buried in a wet slurry of dirty snow, and the high country will be harvesting its snowpack foundation for the winter ahead. For those seeking outdoors adventures, the time between late ...

‘Wild West capitalism’ versus wilderness

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Accusations fly around Telluride like the wind whipping the faded prayer flags, music posters and tourists’ fur coats. “Tom Chapman is a douchebag,” announces a bumper sticker spotted along the streets of jubilantly colored houses. Most locals spit out a bitter laugh...

Our public path

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In Colorado, we are fortunate to have many opportunities for outdoor recreation. Riding along a twisty singletrack trail, hiking to a ridgeline stretching for miles or camping near an alpine lake nestled high in the mountains — these are all options for the Colorado ...