Adventure
Nature’s already cool
A giant picture of a 9-year-old kid is projected onto the east wall of Denver’s flagship REI. He’s wearing a backwards hat, a popped...
Boulder’s eponymous sport
There was a time when people went bouldering only when they couldn’t get away to rock climb. Bouldering — climbing rock formations and boulders low to the ground — was viewed as a way to improve one’s technical skills and get a climbing fix between hitting more ...
Kayaking memories on the White Salmon River
I almost missed my chance to kayak the White Salmon River before it...
Building and testing your mountain biking skills
Walk into any local coffee shop or brewery in Boulder and listen carefully, and the odds are good you’ll hear someone boasting about conquering one of the local singletrack trails. Even if you’re not ready to build your own legend and point your tread straight down ...
Levi Leipheimer jumps ahead to take lead in Pro Cycling Challenge
Last year’s USA Pro Cycling Challenge winner, Levi...
Healing in the national parks
Gil Schaenzle is tough. It’s not her demeanor; she laughs easily and speaks warmly about her family. But this is a woman who once...
The superlative experience
"That was the worst experience of my life," my father declared just after we had returned to camp from climbingthe Red Gully route on Crestone Peak...
Get in step with snowshoeing
The human foot is poorly designed for travel through deep snow. Just ask anyone who has spent a frustrating afternoon plunging through waist-high powder...
Are you mentally tough ?
Forty seconds before round two, and I’m lying on my back trying to breathe. Pain all through me. Deep breath. Let it go. I won’t be able to lift my shoulder tomorrow, it won’t heal for over a year, but now it pulses, alive, and I feel the air vibrating around me, the...
Take a pass
With the 2017-18 season winding down, it’s time to reboot for 2019. Sure, this winter wasn’t the greatest, as multiple storms drifted north of...
Ski film to debut at The Goose in Boulder
If this morning's snow didn't get you hyped for ski season, the tried-and-true method of ski films could do the trick...