Adventure

Training schedules for the rapidly approaching Winter Olympic Games in Sochi,Russia kept several prominent Winter X Games stars away from the competition this past weekend in Aspen. Shaun White for one, wasn't there to defend his six straight wins in the snowboarding...

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 ...

The day the stay-at-home policies were announced in Boulder, Michael Stone was at Whole Foods. He had his new 2-year-old yellow lab, Geo, with...

When you first introduce yourself as someone born and raised in Colorado, people typically assume you’re an avid outdoors enthusiast, spending every free moment...

Climbers are accustomed to suffering, sure. But a certain kind of suffering is more common — a brief sprint through pain like climbing on body parts shoved into splitter cracks in the desert, or a two-day push through agony to get up a big wall climb...

 Colorado's Aspen/Snowmass ski resort has teamed with resorts across the West to offer a pass to skiers and snowboarders for the 2012-2013 ski season...

This May, local mountaineer Mike Moniz successfully summited Mount Everest (29,029 feet) and Lhotse (27,940 feet) only 24 hours apart. After consecutively climbing the word’s tallest and fourth-tallest mountains with the International Mountain Guide (IMG) Classic ...

There were ghosts, they told us. Strange bumps and sounds in the night. Lights that turned on and off for no apparent reason. Doors that slammed shut, suddenly and without warning. Things that kept you up at night. We thought about it and then climbed into the deep ...

Joel Gratz wants you to have the best day of your life. He wants you to frolic in powder snow. He wants you to soak up sunshine on top of a peak. He wants you to hike through wildflower-studded meadows with the perfect mountain breeze caressing your cheeks. He ...

For many outdoor adventurers, sport is stress relief. Running on trails, cycling on flat roads or hiking steep slopes is an escape from the problems of life. It can be devastating when the escape from problems becomes a problem — injury or overuse leads to pain ...

"Make a wish,” said naturalist Paul Gayer...

The first semester of college for any student is an exciting time, full of expectations and new beginnings. But for Jamie Schanbaum, it meant...