Adventure

Riding the turkey boat

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"High side! High side...

Head south for summer skiing

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The mountains are the spine of the continent. They run for thousands of miles, in places jagged and impassible, in others friendlier, with passes...

Ski trends that have come and gone

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Admit it. Somewhere in your basement is that onepiece snowsuit you learned to ski in. Perhaps it’s hot pink? And perhaps it’s stored next to that pair of speed skis you picked up after seeing the sport in the 1992 Winter Olympics...

Finding the past in the present

Jonathan Byers has blogged about repeat photography working like a time machine — he finds old photographs of the mountains, sometimes in books worth more than his camera, maps out where they were taken, hikes in to that spot, holds up the historic photo and travels ...

Ski season on: A-Basin to open October 13

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Ski season is here. Rejoice and be glad...

The Yosemite dump: 10 tons of trash cleared from park

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I can't even think of a clever opener for this one: Volunteers at Yosemite National Park removed 10 tons of trash two weeks ago...

Bike-packing The Maze

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It’s late morning, and the temperature’s already in the 80s — typical autumn weather for Utah. I cram enough food for a small Boy...

Veterans’ hiking program is about breaking through

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Before getting caught up in the destination — the 19,347-foot-high summit of the volcano Cotopaxi — it’s important to back up and look at the journey. That is, after all, what it’s really all about...

My 100-game season

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My baseball loyalty was irrevocably formed in 1961 at the tender and impressionable age of six when the Washington Senators relocated to Minneapolis and...

Colorado dog sledding with Mountain Musher

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It’s a cold, misty morning in western Colorado. The hypnotic silence, embellished by waves of rolling ice-fog, is broken by the grinding growl of the customized dog transport vehicle emerging through the haze. My dog sledding day is beginning at the privately owned...

Masterful ascent in Mexico

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Renowned free-solo climber Alex Honnold has quietly bagged...

Strength of mind:

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Mark Williams looks just like any other Boulderite on this cool fall evening. Fit and athletic, he’s sipping a microbrew and talking about breathing. About how to breathe, about calming your inner self. About clarity of mind. Nothing really out of the ordinary, ...