Adventure
Climber Glen Denny reflects on Yosemite’s golden era
Staring at one of Glen Denny’s iconic black-and-white photographs from the Yosemite Valley, it takes a while to spot the nearly microscopic climbers hidden in the details...
Bear Country
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...
From wild to mild
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...
Now you see it, now you don’t
John Birchak’s eyes well with tears as he speaks about his first days in Tibet — three days in the sacred city of Lhasa, often spent watching Buddhist devotees walk wellworn paths around and around and around monasteries on Barkhor Street...
Lighter, tougher bike helmet — made from cardboard
A new bike helmet aims to increase riders' safety by mimicking nature — and by using one of the cheapest materials around...
Luna Sandals keep you running
Taking us back to our indigenous roots, Luna Sandals by Barefoot Ted’s Adventure Company offer runners a unique opportunity to run as our bodies were built to do — barefoot. While allowing us to use our legs and feet “as designed,” they eliminate the challenge of...
Racing to save bonobos
Canadian-American novelist Deni Béchard, a recent resident of Breckenridge, has written two award-winning books and explored more than 50 countries. When he heard bonobos, our closest living relative alongside chimpanzees, are going extinct, he set out for the Congo ...
Hiking off the grief with hospice
When Gretchen Miller found out that her father, 82, had leukemia — and at most three months to live — she reached out to hospice for help...
Beaver Creek’s varied terrain, open runs set resort apart
More Beaver Creek content: Resort good for beginners, too; The Laughing Bones give cool performance at Crystal Grotto...
Skating to success
Josh Agenbroad has found his own way to meet people wherever he goes, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he grew up, to Beijing, China,...
Skateboards, snowboards and centers of gravity
This is a story about snowboarding. A story about skateboarding and concrete and chairlift rides. A story about halfpipes and rail jams and powder...
Classic Boulder
Calling Boulder home means a few different things: Access to more coffee shops than was ever thought possible for a city of 100,000 people, easy and convenient access to a wide array of Tibetan prayer flags and, of course, several clinics that will treat your back ...
