Adventure

Helmets aren’t interchangeable

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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

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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...

It’s on: Colorado ski areas turn on snowmaking machines

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Snowmaking has begun at Loveland and Arapahoe Basin, meaning the 2013-2014 ski season is just around the corner. The race has begun to see which of Colorado’s early openers get there first. Time to dust off those skis...

Ahead of the finish line

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The 5:30 a.m. alarm buzzer came a little early, but that was about the only bump in the road along the way to our completion of the 2013 Bolder Boulder. After 16 weeks of training (see “Training for more than a race,” Adventure, May 23), my 9-year-old son Tim and I ...

10 reasons to visit a small ski hill

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1. See and ski the roots of the sport. You don’t need a high-speed quad, a fleet of groomers and a four-star restaurant to have fun. You just need a mountain, a lift to take you to the top and the right attitude...

Rockfall Killed Two Climbers

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A 12,000-pound block of rock 16 to 20 feet long, three feet wide...

Sierra Designs Rad Jacket

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Let’s hear it for an affordable breathable jacket designed to take more abuse than Dan Hawkins. The Hawk may have taken a forced knee, but the new Rad hardshell from Sierra Designs won’t no matter the outdoor elements beatdown...

Shifting gears

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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 ...

Trailer for ‘Valhalla,’ latest film from Sweetgrass, released

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The trailer for the new film from Sweetgrass Productions was...

Iced over

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In a decade of exploring the polar region, Eric Larsen has had enough time to travel in the Arctic and Antarctic on skis, on dog sleds and on foot...

Boulder cyclists speed to first and second in Pro Challenge Stage...

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After a day of racing that saw racers from Colombia, Italy and Germany at the head of breakaway packs and leading the charge in the King of the Mountain contests, it was Boulder cyclists Tejay Van Garderen and Christian Vandevelde who surged ahead at the end to snag ...

Airborne Adventures

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It’s 10 a.m. and I’m on my second beer at the airport bar. It’s a lovely little bar, with a broad window facing the runway and six local beers on tap. I’m not sure if they even have a macro beer in the bottle. I’m drinking Green Man Forester. Robust, burly, but not ...