Adventure
The golden season
The shoulder season could use a PR makeover. Too many people think autumn is a time to stay home between summer camping and winter skiing and snowmobiling. They pack up their camping gear after Labor Day and wait for the snow to fly. But it really makes no sense...
Five more essentials
Look over the free pamphlets in an outdoor store, take an outdoor class or earn your first Scouting merit badge, and you’ll hear about “The Ten Essentials...
Composers go into the wild and come home transformed
There is a wildness in the natural world that most of us never meet. But when we do, we are likely to be transformed.
“I...
Adventurers need accessibility—Colorado legislation aims to lay the groundwork to close...
A house bill (HB 21-1318) passed during this year's legislative session allowing funding to create an Outdoor Equity Grant program. Once the application period...
Sneaky singletrack
"Moab, Moab, Moab." That’s about all you hear this time of year as mountain bike enthusiasts pack up their rigs, load the bikes on top and head west into the Utah desert. And while Moab does sound nice, those who are looking for something a bit different can turn ...
Shoulder season adventures
By the time this article goes to print, the streets of Boulder will likely be buried in a wet slurry of dirty snow, and the high country will be harvesting its snowpack foundation for the winter ahead. For those seeking outdoors adventures, the time between late ...
Tall tales
Not every journey ends in an exclamation point. When Matt Segal, Eric Decaria and John Dickey went to Kyrgyzstan to climb its massive, granite walls, they didn’t go to set up a new route or pioneer a new area. But they took video cameras anyway, and filmed what they ...
Gear: The Slicer
Boulder Weekly’s editorial team did some in-depth product testing last Friday. On our lunch break, we took out the Slicer all-season sled for an adventure at Scott Carpenter Park. The Slicer is sold by Broomfield-based company Ice Meister and can be used on grass and...
Rockfall Killed Two Climbers
A 12,000-pound block of rock 16 to 20 feet long, three feet wide...
Boulder writer James Dziezynski spills on his summits, secret and otherwise
In the early 2000s, Boulder Weekly sent freelance writer James Dziezynski out to research a series of stories on great, little-known places to hike around town...


















