Adventure
Time trial stage extends van Garderen’s Pro Challenge lead
The crowd got loud for Tejay van Garderen before the USA Pro...
Annual BoCan eagle nesting closures announced
To keep golden eagles happily in their nests this spring, the Boulder Ranger District of Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests...
Staying active indoors and out on short winter days
With winter solstice behind us, it’s true that our daily ration of sunlight has begun to increase. But that’s cold comfort for those of us who begin and end our workdays in the dark. The instinct to wrap up in our snuggies and nest is strong, especially when Boulder ...
Something for everyone
Choose your own adventure at the Air Force Academy It`s easy to forget, as you hike among the quiet aspen groves and pine forests of the Rampart Range foothills, that you are on a training ground for elite aviators who will pilot advanced war machines.From late ...
Canada to Russia: the Olympics have always been a bit gay
Russia hosting the Olympics isn't winning over many nations to support its anti-gay policies...
Feeling the burn
It would drive most people insane. During the late 1930s Albert Curnow spent three years working as a fire lookout on the edge of Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains. One summer he didn’t see another person...
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 ...
Climbing etiquette
Show respect for climbing sites and your fellow mountaineers Knowing your mountain and treating the site with respect is an important part of the climbing experience. All climbers should follow “Leave No Trace” principles, plus any rules specific to an area...
New bike tire design: Airless, can’t go flat
A tire that never goes flat isn't a brand-new concept. But all the other designs on this idea have remained just that: concepts...
Variety is the spice of life
It seems crazy that we’re here, high on the shoulder of Mont-Gelé, massive views of the Alps in front of us. Everything around us is strange: the huge trams that sweep skiers skyward, the babble of different and exotic languages in the lift lines, the vertical ...













