Adventure
In Northeast, cross-country resorts turn to snow guns
Cross-country skiing just about always includes, encourages or fosters an environmental ethos. It's more natural than ski resorts that chopped down trees to make runs. It's a quieter experience that puts the natural world in winter on display...
Veterans’ hiking program is about breaking through
Before getting caught up in the destination — the 19,347-foot-high summit of the volcano Cotopaxi — it’s important to back up and look at the journey. That is, after all, what it’s really all about...
‘Mountain Gazette’ halts print edition
Boulder-based Mountain Gazette magazine has announced that it is temporarily suspending its print edition...
In Beaver Creek, Ted Ligety unstoppable
American Ted Ligety keeps the wins coming the giant slalom. In fact, it's hardly even close...
Follow-up: Clayton 3rd, Canaday does not finish in North Face ultramarathon
It was a muddy end to the 2012 ultramarathoning season for former CU runners Cameron Clayton and Sage Canaday, two young runners who faced each other for the first time in the North Face Endurance Challenge Championship in San Francisco Dec. 1...
Research: Don’t run too much
Runners over 50 and runners who push themselves too hard aren't helping their health, according to a study in the British journal Heart...
New Continental Divide Trail route could ban bikes
A new route on part of the Colorado section of the Continental Divide Trail could ban mountain biking...
A tale of two runners
One was a collegiate runner from the East. One was a collegiate runner from the West. One was showered in champagne at the end of his first ultramarathon, while the other received five stitches after his ultramarathon debut. One goes by Sage Canaday. One goes by ...
The Strafe story: How two CU students have created one of...
The one-piece ski suit. It’s an object of ridicule. The preferred garb for gaper days and end-of-the-year parties. The kind of outfit that evokes pity when seen on a Texan and scorn from locals in Vail lift lines when the wearer paid north of $1,000 for the latest ...
Success by The Book
The Book is a result of sweat. Of struggle. Of pain and mishap and, ultimately, of success. The Book is, says Palmer Hoyt, “how I learned how to ski again...
Group to lobby for bikes on Pacific Crest Trail
One of the West's most famous and popular hiking trails could see bicyclists soon, if a new group can convince the U.S. Forest Service...
