Adventure
Mountain Creek Sues to Recover Under Weather Insurance Policy
In an apparent case of first impression nationwide, Mountain Creek...
Pioneer, Legend Harvey T. Carter Dies
Harvey Carter—climbing icon and legend—passed away Tuesday, March 13, at the age of 83...
On the groad
Not far out of the gates of the “Central Iowa Rock Road Endurance Metric” (or CIRREM, as it’s known in gravel circles), riders started going down on the dirt road in the middle of Iowa. A big guy on my left spilled hard and almost took me out. Another one up front ...
Boulder’s Ice men
Between the northernmost reaches of Canadian soil, at Cape Discovery on Ellesmere Island, and the North Pole, there is a jumble of frozen seawater and ice sheets that break apart and collide together again. It’s like plate tectonics, but these frozen plates are ...
Youth movement carries USA Pro Challenge to Front Range
Today’s Pro Cycling Challenge saw an early breakaway that...
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 ...
Paddle through the parks
Floating down western Colorado’s Yampa River is an exercise in opposing forces: stillness and motion. As our raft bobs through gentle currents, our guide draws in her oars, letting the river take us where it will. Newly alert, her head lifts and ours follow; a ...
Winter won’t slow you down if you’ve got the right gear
Let's face it — with colder temps, waning daylight and expensive gym memberships, it’s all too easy to give up on a regular exercise routine this time of year. Thankfully for those of us who want to keep going, there are numerous gear options to help keep us warm, ...
Inside mountaineering
As the camera pans away from the glare of the rising sun, jagged white and blue ice peaks fill the screen. In the middle distance, the tallest catches the first pink light of dawn. In the foreground we see a climber encased in his red down survival spacesuit. He is ...

















