Adventure
Going down, fast
The technique is solid: weight firmly on the downhill ski, eyes ahead, shoulders square. There’s fire in the eyes, determination there. There’s also beauty and grace and something timeless. Skiing is, after all, a sport that’s been around for years, and the carved ...
The List: 34 Climbing Route Names You Can’t Say to Your...
One of the most clever and crude climbing route names ever is in Colorado...
Small Wyoming Ski Areas Struggle For Survival, But Have Hope
Small Wyoming ski resorts have been folding in the past decade, but there may be hope for their futures. White Pine Ski Area has now gone up for sale, while Antelope Butte may see a resurrection. White...
How Much Does It Cost to Climb Mount Everest?
How much does it cost to climb Everest? This is probably the most...
Utah Officials Want 7 Ski Areas Connected Euro-Style
Late last year a proposal to tie together Solitude and The...
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 ...
Vail Buys Kirkwood for $18 Million
Kirkwood has always been Lake Tahoe’s semi-hidden gem...
12 for 2012: This Year’s Best New Mountain Bikes
We’ve ridden, tested and evaluated dozens of the most promising bikes of...
Hybrid Surf-Snowboard Bridges Two Worlds
Snowboarders and surfboarders have many similarities in their sports, but their boards are very different. Signal Snowboards out of Huntington Beach, Calif. has bridged the snow/surf gap with their Fish Out of Water hybrid board...
Biff 2012 | Covering higher ground
In 2010, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Eric Weihenmayer’s ascent of Mount Everest as the only blind man to climb the world’s tallest mountain, the same team who went with him reassembled to do a commemorative trip. Their first ascent was completed in what ...
Colorado’s Berthoud Pass Gets Backcountry Hut — More on the Way
While Colorado’s Tenth Mountain Division huts are hugely popular, there’s been a movement of late to add more backcountry huts in the Rocky Mountain state...