Adventure
Boulder writer James Dziezynski spills on his summits, secret and otherwise
In the early 2000s, Boulder Weekly sent freelance writer James Dziezynski out to research a series of stories on great, little-known places to hike around town...
Appalling incompetence and majestic triumph on Longs Peak
As I climbed the steps to Wayne’s condo, I expected him to be thrilled at my news. Wayne was an experienced Boulder climber, and...
Sleeping giant no more
Around age 8, Conor Hall started doing primitive skills courses with his siblings near their home in Crestone, “kind of tucked under the towering...
New kid on the mountain
When Liz Bailey first clipped her boots into a pair of dual snowboards two months ago, she was a little skeptical. An avid snowboarder, she wasn’t quite sure how these things on her feet would change the experience of gliding down the mountain...
Group to lobby for bikes on Pacific Crest Trail
One of the West's most famous and popular hiking trails could see bicyclists soon, if a new group can convince the U.S. Forest Service...
The Catamounts presents a wild mashup in musical ‘Small Ball’
Here’s an itch you probably never thought you’d scratch: a mashup between Gulliver’s Travels and professional basketball.
This fall, The Catamounts presents the regional debut...
Free eclairs at Breckenridge Friday! (and ski season starts, too)
Breckenridge Ski Resort has evidently not gotten the message that people love skiing...
Off the beaten path
In his 2004 book, Racing Tactics, Boulder resident and professional cyclist Thomas Prehn aimed to help other cyclists avoid common mistakes and to “ride intelligently,” as he puts it. The 57-year-old plans on utilizing his own advice as he tackles the 10th annual ...
One step at a time
When Sarah Hassell climbed her first 14,000-foot peak in Colorado, she felt “an overwhelming sense of gratitude.” It wasn’t due to the view, or the stable weather that allowed her to summit, or even the fact that the friends she climbed the peak with were there to ...
Young athlete thrives despite type-1 diabetes
Leo Scribner is like your average 12-year-old about to finish the seventh grade — decked out with a snapback, a hoodie and skateboard —...
BC Bike Race 2010
One way to take the crisis out of mid-life When I read this, I was in. Boulder’s own Velo News reported that during the 2007 running of the BC Bike Race a staff medic was attending to a severely hurting participant. “This guy I wanted to send to the hospital, ...
More than a foot race
On Monday, April 22, ultrarunner and Boulderite Jay Rawlings took his first steps in a 180-mile, seven-day endurance relay that will see him running the equivalent of a marathon a day for a week...
