Adventure
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...
Elevated Reflections on the fourmile fire
One of the more poignant memoirs I’ve read concerns a group of French soldiers in World War I. The men lost their way en route to the battlefield and mistakenly ascended a high, steep ridge. From that unintentionally safe vantage point, they witnessed the horrendous ...
Shifting gears
What got Rebecca Much into cycling has a similar thread to what she does now that she’s retired from a competitive cycling career that included National Cyclocross Championship and National Time Trial Championship wins. It’s about what bikes can do that has nothing ...
Rockfall Killed Two Climbers
A 12,000-pound block of rock 16 to 20 feet long, three feet wide...
US Mountain Bike Trail Stats: The West and States with Mountains...
We had a lot of fun with the mountain bike ownership analysis...
The sport of knaves
Despite its reputation as the sport of kings, Denver Polo Club Co-owner Erica Gandomcar insists it’s much more down-to-earth. Of the people even. And based on the crowd that gathered to watch the match on Aug. 10, it’s hard to disagree with her...
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...
The 50-mile race in Prescott, Arizona, offers historic sum for winners
Named for Prescott, Arizona’s infamous Whiskey Row—a collection of...
Fight between European climbers, Sherpas reported on Mt. Everest
A group of three European climbers has reported a fight between themselves and a group of Sherpa guides on Mount Everest...
Access Fund: ‘Egregious’ illegal climbing at Joshua Tree
The Access Fund, one of climbing's most prominent organizations dedicated to keeping climbing areas open, says it narrowly averted a shutdown of climbing in Joshua Tree National Park in California...
Helmets aren’t interchangeable
Substituting pricey ski equipment with other gear works in some instances. It’s fine, for example, to layer windbreaker pants over fleece pants instead of buying an expensive snowsuit...
Digital motivation
Finding the motivation to put down the video-game controller and step outside to play can be a challenge during the summer. But thanks to a new line of pedometers called GeoPalz, kids ages 5 to 12 have a reason to turn off the TV and get active...
















