Adventure
Give me a damn bullet train
As we fastened our seat belts, we’d never been happier to see a door close on an airplane. We’d arrived at DIA the day before for our two-hour flight to St. Louis for Christmas. Problem was, we were still at DIA — it had been 24 hours of Murphy’s Law. So the last ...
Not more, just better
The morning after her wedding, Sunny Stroeer meets me at the South Mesa trailhead at 8 a.m. sharp. As I pull into the parking...
Levi Leipheimer jumps ahead to take lead in Pro Cycling Challenge
Last year’s USA Pro Cycling Challenge winner, Levi...
There are some special people here
If you want to be on the silver screen you move to Los Angeles, and if you want to break into musical theater you head to New York City...
Vail opens China Bowl
Whatever your plans for the weekend were, call them off. Vail announced Friday that China Bowl has been opened for the season. Sun Up and Sun Down bowls opened Thursday. Vail press attributed the earlier-than-expected opening to the hard work of the Vail Ski Patrol. ...
Olympic mountain: Colorado’s Beaver Creek
In 1976, Colorado voters were asked a simple question...
In failed long-distance swim, jellyfish stings trumped technology
Diana Nyad, a 64-year-old distance swimmer attempting to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys, called it quits last week partway through her journey, citing "extreme exhaustion...
The Abetone advantage
The warm scents of the Mediterranean followed us as we turned inland from Italy’s Mediterranean coast and headed toward the mountains. We could see through the early spring haze that there was snow up there; an unlikely rumor from under the palms that dotted the ...
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...
Yoga can be a circus
Comfortable clothes? Check. Yoga mat? Check. Big red clown nose? You betcha. Welcome to hatha yoga with more than a twist — it’s a pratfall, a silly walk, a goofy stunt, some tumbling and juggling. “It’s for play,” says the Boulder ringleader, Braddon Hall. “For ...















