Adventure

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...

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...

Yeti Cycles announce Big Mountain Enduro Series

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2012 marks the arrival of America’s...

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, ...

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 — ...

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...

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...

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,...

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 ...

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...

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 —...