Adventure
Pedaling higher
In the launch of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Colorado will challenge France for the title of toughest race in the world, putting 128 cyclists to a grueling test against fierce climbs that crisscross Colorado mountain passes, long distances and an uphill time trial...
Ultra-Cameron: CU-Boulder runner dives into ultramarathons
Three facts that will keep you away from ultramarathons...
Born curious
Eduardo Garcia was born curious. It’s a curiosity that led him to explore “the coulees and sage flats” of his native southwest Montana as...
All in for the long ride
At the Boulder Transit Center on 14th Street, Tom Sampson loads his bike onto the rack of the N bus and fastens down the...
Bike-packing The Maze
It’s late morning, and the temperature’s already in the 80s — typical autumn weather for Utah. I cram enough food for a small Boy...
Hidden danger at ski resorts
The trees at a ski resort beckon to skiers, an in-bounds playground where soft, deep and untouched snow can linger days after a snowstorm...
Now Try This: Climbing a 14er
Your grandma climbed one last weekend, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed that 14ers are kind of a big thing in Colorado...
Burrowing bodies
With a click, all color vanishes. Darkness rushes in, swallowing everything whole, my eyelids and surroundings no longer different but blended with the inky-black...
Metamorphosis
My hand slipped from the hold. I peeled away from the rock and watched as my alpine draw engaged, unexpectedly extended and snapped away...
Outhouse deliverance
Lauren McCarthy and Patricia Melero were a mile deep in the backcountry of the White River National Forest when it began to snow. It...
Utah land grab: How could the state afford to maintain federal...
The Great Utah Land Grab wasn't some 19th-century Old West trick involving Mormons and a corrupt sheriff...

















