Adventure
Gay rodeo corrals an all-inclusive crowd
Andrew Johnson didn’t grow up dreaming about rodeos, let alone dreaming about becoming an international rodeo star. Rather, it was something of happenstance, something he claims he was pulled into by “the luck of the draw...
Better than diamonds
Many artists have a trademark. For Monet it was water lilies, Warhol favored soup cans, and Picasso was partial to the rearranged face. But...
Metamorphosis
My hand slipped from the hold. I peeled away from the rock and watched as my alpine draw engaged, unexpectedly extended and snapped away...
Denver resident continues search for her father, who went missing in...
The country of Panama has faded from the American imagination...
What Happened at X Games
Emotions are always high at X Games, but this year’s competition was...
Cold-weather crags
Let’s be honest. Being comfortable has never been one of the selling points of rock climbing. Between the ever-present ache of tight shoes, the exposure to the elements and the occasional torn and bloody fingertip, climbers are used to enduring a fair amount of ...
A good feeling
Denison von Maur adds another log to the wood stove, looks up and smiles. He’s in his element, high up in the Beaverhead mountains, the wind blasting across the ridge as a snow squall spits flakes across the windows of the remote log cabin he built by hand. The fire ...
Towering challenges
When water washed away the red sandstone of the Colorado Plateau, it left the improbable spires of rust-colored rock, fingers flipping off the over-baking sun and the sand-spitting wind and the improvised protection the climbers who lusted after the tops of those ...
Levi Leipheimer jumps ahead to take lead in Pro Cycling Challenge
Last year’s USA Pro Cycling Challenge winner, Levi...
Bringing the fight to them
Not every movie is designed to entertain. Nor are they destined for the multiplex. Some films have a message so urgent there’s no time...
Arapahoe Basin offering two-season ski pass for $499
Colorado ski area Arapahoe Basin is breaking out a new pass concept predicated on a crazy idea: People who like skiing now might continue to like skiing in the future...


















