Adventure
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...
US Mountain Bike Trail Stats: The West and States with Mountains...
We had a lot of fun with the mountain bike ownership analysis...
Outdoor Tech Evolution
A box of photographs has been sitting in my closet for nearly a decade now, waiting to be digitized and organized...
Sagan wins Pro Challenge Stage One, strong showing from Colorado riders
After Americans led the way through most of Stage One of the USA Pro Challenge, a three-rider — and all Colorado, we’d like to note — breakaway group was sucked back into the peloton and last minute shuffling saw Peter Sagan, a Slovakian rider for Cannondale Pro ...
Winning without the battle
We all have friends who can eat anything they want and not gain weight while we, on the other hand, suffer in all of the appropriate ways, avoiding everything that doesn’t show up at the store with soil on it, and the pounds come on anyway. Often when carrying extra ...
Hibernating can lead to depression, lethargy
It sure is easy to crank up the heater, turn on the TV and stay indoors during winter. Lots of people do it, and winter weather provides plenty of excuses to avoid going outdoors...
138 skydivers complete airborne formation, shatter world record
For four seconds, 138 skydivers joined together in midair, holding hands and forming a star-like formation. Their synchronized jump set a world record for largest formation, but it wasn't as easy as it sounds...
Engaging the natural brain
The winter solstice is here, and the season’s chilly weather has already driven most of Colorado’s flora and fauna to take cover inside. We — and our kids — however, don’t need to be deterred from connecting with the natural world because of the cold weather. This ...
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 ...
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...
Roger’s River Run
a fun summer race A post-birthday party invite to Cuba Cuba in Denver was supremely tempting the night before Roger’s River Run in Longmont, which occurred on a hot Saturday morning this month. No, it wasn’t a half-marathon or 10K, merely a 5K and an average run on ...
Prevent meltdowns on the slopes
Skiing can be fun for the whole family, but it takes a little work. The key to introducing your kids to skiing or snowboarding is to take it slow...