Adventure
Backcountry inbounds
There seems to be a natural progression that leads powder addicts from the cozy confines of corporate ski slopes to the treacherous mountains of the backcountry...
This is play. Not work.
When Brendan Leonard found the Banff Mountain Film Festival — and Denver’s Paramount Theatre — filled with puffy coat-wearing people cheering to outdoor exploits, he declared, “Yes, these are my people. I found my people. I imagine some people feel that at a Broncos ...
Focus on fitness before you hit the slopes
It starts with a gentle soreness in your lower back or quads, after your second or third ski run of the year...
Summit seekers
Four ski mountaineers (well, three skiers and one snowboarder) seem to have set a record in Alaska this season. It’s tough to know what, exactly, and from the audible shrug and laugh when he talks about it, it’s clear that Anton Sponar doesn’t much care...
It’s almost that time again
You know ski season is on when you are standing in Boulder Ski Deals at 9 a.m. on a Saturday in September — soaked in sweat because it’s already 80 degrees, the town permeated with a campfire aroma — and the line is out the door...
Alone among a billion
Somewhere amid the picking, processing and packing of tea leaves at a tea factory in India, Bill Giebler began to see a reflection of his own life: Grown to one purpose, and eventually turned to another...
Dressed for success
Nicole DeBoom was watching the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in 1982 as Julie Moss entered her final mile of the race with a comfortable lead and her body began to give up. Moss collapsed and got back up several times until she couldn’t stand, and then she ...
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 ...
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...
One runner’s high: ‘In the High Country’ at Adventure Film Festival
If you want to get to know an ultrarunner, it takes more than spending a mile in his shoes. In fact, forget the shoes. Spend miles alongside him everywhere from the rolling asphalt of roads in farm country Nebraska to the foothills he frequents in training runs to ...
Pro Challenge starting line? We’ll take it
Cyclists rejoice. Out of the dark of winter, a time of year...
