Adventure

Showtime!

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With the first major storm leaving the high peaks west of Boulder coated in winter’s white, and with season pass sales and pre-season gear...

Colorado’s Berthoud Pass Gets Backcountry Hut — More on the Way

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While Colorado’s Tenth Mountain Division huts are hugely popular, there’s been a movement of late to add more backcountry huts in the Rocky Mountain state...

Yeti Cycles announce Big Mountain Enduro Series

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2012 marks the arrival of America’s...

100-mph moments

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Ian Reid arrives late for his interview. He’s hard to recognize at first, with a full-face helmet and motorcycle leathers giving him an urban...

Rock climber, base jumper Steph Davis: Flying fearless

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Even after hundreds of skydives and base jumps, Steph Davis says, stepping to the edge of that cliff still brings up a bubble of fear. But she’s spent her life pushing the line for fear that holds you back and the freedom that lies beyond it. So despite that fear — ...

Texas hiker found after almost 2 days on Mt. Massive

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A hiker from Texas was rescued after nearly 48 hours on Mt. Massive in Lake County, hitching a ride down the slope while "near death," the county's emergency manager said...

Strength of mind:

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Mark Williams looks just like any other Boulderite on this cool fall evening. Fit and athletic, he’s sipping a microbrew and talking about breathing. About how to breathe, about calming your inner self. About clarity of mind. Nothing really out of the ordinary, ...

Pushing the sky’s limits

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The “Stratosaurus” hot air balloon looked like an inverted and mismatched candy corn: an orange cone, white middle and red base. However, Stratosaurus’ orange,...

Four spring ski and snowboard festivals you shouldn’t miss

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It’s spring. The sun is out, the snow is soft and the decks... well, the decks are warm and the beer is cold. Spring...

Three dot pot shots: ‘Real soon now’ edition

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Legal marijuana sales begin in California next Monday (Jan 1, 2018), and they’re gonna’ be huge — Real Soon Now. Cali’s roll-out will be...

Wet for 50

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The river starts as nothing, just a trickle of snowmelt in the high Rockies, the wet drops of a winter’s precipitation falling off of lichen-covered rocks, streaking cliffs in dark zebra stripes of moisture. But it grows bigger quickly. The tributaries, both large ...

Let’s kill this pig now: asking questions in Cuba

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We’d been in Cuba for nearly four full days before a few of us felt brave enough to ask questions — honest ones —...