Adventure
Follow-up: Clayton 3rd, Canaday does not finish in North Face ultramarathon
It was a muddy end to the 2012 ultramarathoning season for former CU runners Cameron Clayton and Sage Canaday, two young runners who faced each other for the first time in the North Face Endurance Challenge Championship in San Francisco Dec. 1...
From a meningitis-induced coma to a Paralympic gold medal
The first semester of college for any student is an exciting time, full of expectations and new beginnings. But for Jamie Schanbaum, it meant...
Stay vigilant
This has been a winter of bi-polar conditions in Colorado’s mountains. Strong storms have alternated with warm, wet days to create some of the most unpredictable snow conditions in 20 years. As we turn the corner to spring, it’s important not to let your guard down ...
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...
Out of a housing crisis, into vans
In mountain communities throughout Colorado, people are adopting “van life” as a means of recreation, but also quite often it’s out of necessity. For...
Lance Armstrong loses Tour titles, asked to repay insurer $7.5m
It's safe to say this is a low point in the career of Lance Armstrong...
High-altitude education
The story of climbers at Everest wanting to give back to the people living in the Himalayan foothills of the world’s tallest peak is as old as the stories of climbers visiting the top of Everest itself. Since Sir Edmund Hillary’s insistence for decades that he had ...
Outdoor Retailer moves to Denver, bringing industry issues to light
When you stand in a building with 20,000 bustling people, the energy is palpable — like watching beer bubbles gently fizz in a glass....
Our public path
In Colorado, we are fortunate to have many opportunities for outdoor recreation. Riding along a twisty singletrack trail, hiking to a ridgeline stretching for miles or camping near an alpine lake nestled high in the mountains — these are all options for the Colorado ...
Chronicles of pain and passion
Climbers are accustomed to suffering, sure. But a certain kind of suffering is more common — a brief sprint through pain like climbing on body parts shoved into splitter cracks in the desert, or a two-day push through agony to get up a big wall climb...
