Adventure
A big re-route for the road cycling world
The problem is not that people don’t want to ride their bikes. In fact, these are boom times for the cycling industry.
“We are experiencing...
Conserving Colorado’s climbing
Sitting high above Estes Park on top of Prospect Mountain are the Thumb and Needle Spires, two prominent landmarks of Colorado climbing history. The...
American Resorts (Finally) Chasing Whistler Bike Park
Circa 2006, the state of mountain biking’s gravity-fueled cutting edge was Whistler...
Adventures in the adventure industry
It’s spring, with the last of the snow coating the high peaks and rain moistening the Flatirons’ flanks. Kids are riding bikes in town,...
Benjamin trail – it’s money
Perhaps the rapture did happen, because one evening this week my wife and I were falling into a state of bliss and shredding up the new Benjamin Loop Trail as if, in fact, there was no tomorrow...
Kidding around at Keystone
I taught my wife, a blonde Midwest beauty, to ski when she was 20 — or rather, she allowed me to teach her. We always joke we don’t need any marriage counseling after those tear-filled seasons on the blue ice runs of Vermont — no appearances for us on Dr. Phil’s ...
Sagan takes his second stage victory in third day of USA...
Peter Sagan spent his day buried in the peloton, saving up...
Sleepers at altitude
After weathering tent pole-breaking winds and a mostly sleepless night at 14,443 feet on the summit of Mount Elbert, Jon Kedrowski and Chris Tomer awoke to an idea: Could they sleep on the summits of every 14er in the state...
Take a pass
With the 2017-18 season winding down, it’s time to reboot for 2019. Sure, this winter wasn’t the greatest, as multiple storms drifted north of...
NBA player becomes first openly gay athlete in US pro sports
Longtime NBA player Jason Collins has come out as gay in an editorial column for Sports Illustrated, becoming the first openly gay athlete in any US team sport...


















