Adventure
Get Smart!
Scott Toepfer of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center says conditions will hopefully improve, but there’s nothing like knowing your stuff to keep yourself safe in the backcountry. To this end, the CAIC is involved in a variety of projects that help keep ...
New sport snow-kiting blamed for reindeer fear
You might never have heard of the sport of snow-kiting, but you've certainly heard of Santa's helpers. And reindeer across Norway freaking hate the new snow sport...
BIFF: Get over your Everest ennui
A great plotline is nothing without a character — one that generates an emotional investment, one we continue to care about long after the final pages of a book or final frames of film. The stories of the men — and in this case, one particular woman — who went to ...
´Choose Your Adventure´ is a globe-trotting character study with plenty of...
Adventure filmmakers Jonah and Noah Howell get around...
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...
Let’s ride, people
What do you do when you’ve got a couple of weeks to kill, you speak Spanish fluently and you bike like cars were never...
A river runs through them
"Look at all those people!”
It was mid-July, and my family and I were picnicking on the banks of the Arkansas River, laughing as we...
Snowshoe hot spots
It’s a shame that Boulder rarely holds enough winter snow to break out the snowshoes on a regular basis. On those occasions when we get significant snowfall, Boulder’s forested trails are a wonderful place to spend a powder day tromping through the woods...
In failed long-distance swim, jellyfish stings trumped technology
Diana Nyad, a 64-year-old distance swimmer attempting to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys, called it quits last week partway through her journey, citing "extreme exhaustion...
Strap on some extra storage when exercising
A dventurers hoping to burn big calories with outdoor activity have options. A 140-pound person can burn about 320 calories in 30 minutes by rock climbing, running three miles or cycling eight miles. There seem to be fewer options, however, on where to stash ...
Out your front door
Feeling the dirt under our feet and breathing in fresh air away from traffic while taking in mountain views is a way of life...
A part of it forever
On May 20, climber Jeff Lowe, triathlete Colleen Cannon, distance-runner Arturo Barrios, and BolderBoulder founder Steve Bosley will all be inducted into the Boulder...
