Adventure
Vail Buys Kirkwood for $18 Million
Kirkwood has always been Lake Tahoe’s semi-hidden gem...
American Academy of Neurology: Immediate rest after possible concussions
The American Academy of Neurology has released new guidelines for parents and coaches of all types of athletes, including a recommendation to remove athletes from play if concussions are ever suspected...
Figuring it out
Your sense of identity shapes who you are. It affects your decisions, your behaviors and your self-perceived value. Lafayette ultramarathon runner David Clark bases his identity on being a seeker, an explorer and a healthy person who would never dream of abusing any ...
From rescue to recovery
In 1997, Tom Wood sold everything he owned and cruised the long, flat road from Ohio to Colorado. He had no job, no place...
Third Yosemite camper dies of hantavirus
A third person has died of hantavirus after camping at Yosemite National Park in California between early June and mid-July this year...
The emerging tenkara, a simplistic fly-fishing technique
It’s a rarity when the newest trend on the scene is actually more traditional than the status quo. Such is the case with the emergence of tenkara, a Japanese minimalist flyfishing technique that dates back hundreds of years, and came about well before the fly-fishing...
Inside mountaineering
As the camera pans away from the glare of the rising sun, jagged white and blue ice peaks fill the screen. In the middle distance, the tallest catches the first pink light of dawn. In the foreground we see a climber encased in his red down survival spacesuit. He is ...
All in for the long ride
At the Boulder Transit Center on 14th Street, Tom Sampson loads his bike onto the rack of the N bus and fastens down the...
Let’s kill this pig now: asking questions in Cuba
We’d been in Cuba for nearly four full days before a few of us felt brave enough to ask questions — honest ones —...
A pilgrimage of transformation
Deep in the summer of 2008, Chandi Wyant was in the middle of a divorce when her appendix ruptured. She was also in the...
In the shadow of Denali
In 1967, a joint team of climbers from Colorado and Seattle embarked on a mission to scale the highest point on the continent: 20,323-foot Mount McKinley (also known by its native name Denali). Of the 12 men who set out on the arduous trek to the fabled summit, only...
Blue River Century
Colorado’s best grassroots cycle tour Colorado`s mountainous landscape is tailor-made for epic cycling tours. Whether you prefer the challenging high mountain passes or the long stretches of rolling alpine meadows, pedaling in the high country is a feast for the...
