Adventure

Get Fat

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A boulder mountain bike trail round-upBoulder County’s mountain biking has enjoyed a steady evolution in the past five years. Led by the relentless efforts of the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance (BMA), the network of trails available to fat-tire enthusiasts has grown...

University of Colorado study finds that bumps travel

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Moguls are a sneaky lot...

Arapahoe Basin offering two-season ski pass for $499

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Colorado ski area Arapahoe Basin is breaking out a new pass concept predicated on a crazy idea: People who like skiing now might continue to like skiing in the future...

Breckenridge expansion gets Forest Service approval

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Vail Resorts, owner of four Colorado ski destinations, has reached an agreement with the White River National Forest on a plan to add 550 new acres of skiing to Breckenridge Resort...

Four Climbers Presumed Dead in Avalanche

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An avalanche on Mt. McKinley's West Buttress during the early morning...

Bear Country

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Nature’s alarm clock is ringing early for black bears, and some aren’t hitting the snooze button. Recent warm weather in Colorado — temperatures as high as 75 degrees — is stirring some bears from their dens a few weeks early, and officials are reminding residents in...

Ski trends that have come and gone

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Admit it. Somewhere in your basement is that onepiece snowsuit you learned to ski in. Perhaps it’s hot pink? And perhaps it’s stored next to that pair of speed skis you picked up after seeing the sport in the 1992 Winter Olympics...

Changing seasons

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If you ever have the chance to spend even a shard of time with brothers Tim and Tracey Canaday, owners of Colorado company Never Summer Snowboards, you’ll learn rather quickly that their hard-work ethic and dedication to detail has paid off in more ways than one...

Mountaineering mathematics

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I will wager Sir Isaac Newton wasn’t a climber, but mountaineers do share bonds with the great mathematician and physicist. For instance, he discovered...

Fall is peak time for climbing

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 Colorado’s 54 highest peaks, the fourteeners, are already deep into fall. It’s one of the most beautiful and peaceful times to climb a fourteener. The crowds have thinned, the aspens are turning, and the threat of lightning has eased. But at 14,000 feet, autumn, ...

Facing sequestration, local funding steps in to plow Yellowstone National Park

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If you're ever in Cody, Wyo., just ask for Wild Bob. And tell him, and a lot of others in Cody, thanks for pitching in...

Slaying dragons

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In the story of St. George and The Dragon, a town is plagued by a monster, who is only satisfied when the townspeople offer...