Adventure

The summer solstice means many things. For some, it’s a chance to delve into their pagan roots. For others, it’s an excuse to have a party. And this year, after one of the deepest winters and wettest springs on record in the high country, it’s the start of what ...

Ski season is officially underway across Colorado this coming weekend. Boulder Weekly previously reported on the opening for Arapahoe Basin Sunday, Oct. 13, and it will soon be joined by two other popular ski areas in the high country...

Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMRG), the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, the Boulder Police Department and the fire departments from several local communities are coordinating rescue plans for the Boulder County portion of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which will ...

Many Boulder residents rely on the beautiful and abundant outdoors to keep physically fit and mentally sound...

I wish they had that when I was in school...

Nature’s alarm clock is ringing early for black bears, and some aren’t hitting the snooze button. Recent warm weather in Colorado — temperatures as high as 75 degrees — is stirring some bears from their dens a few weeks early, and officials are reminding residents in...

Flowers are blooming along the sidewalks. Snow on the mountains is melting fast...

Disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong has been sued by the United States government, alleging that he defrauded the government by taking sponsorship money from the U.S. Postal Service while using performance-enhancing drugs...

It’s a hot and sunny weekend in Vail, the first real weekend of the summer, with temperatures that nearly make you wish for the...

You`ve hiked Mount Sanitas and Chautauqua Park, but have you given Bear Peak in South Boulder your best shot? A lengthy, strenuous climb, Bear Peak is not for the endurance-deficient beginners of Mount Sanitas Valley or Chautauqua trails. At 8,461 feet, the mountain ...

On Pro Challenge Stage Two’s final climb up Hoosier Pass, Lachlan Morton cranked up the speed in a move that saw him surge ahead not to win the stage, but to take the leader’s jersey into Stage Three of the race...

It’s a curious thing, the way sound bounces off rock. Cup your palms around your mouth, scream into a canyon, and on a still...