Adventure
American Resorts (Finally) Chasing Whistler Bike Park
Circa 2006, the state of mountain biking’s gravity-fueled cutting edge was Whistler...
Boulder cyclists speed to first and second in Pro Challenge Stage...
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 ...
Music in the key of free
You’ve poached the concerts with picnic in tow at Chautauqua, but couldn’t see the band, stuck outside with the rest of the freeloaders. You’ve hung out in the alley while the neighbor’s party kicked off with live tunes (shouldn’t have kicked his dog, he would have ...
Photography camp teaches outdoors photo skills
For the second year, a photography camp in South America will teach both amateur and professional photogs a specific "secret" of the industry: How to take professional ski photographs...
Video: Longmont SUV driver blares horn incessantly at cyclists
A Longmont-area driver appears in a recent YouTube video honking his horn repeatedly at two cyclists who are doing their best to stay to the very edge of a two-lane road...
Copper Mountain joins ski areas making snow for ski season
Following on the heels of announcements by Arapahoe Basin and Loveland that those ski areas were making snow for the 2013-2014 season, Copper Mountain has announced the same...
Pedal on up
At the end of the cycling season a year after Timmy Duggan rode on the U.S. Olympic cycling team, he chose to retire. He was just 31 years old and on the edge of what could have been his best cycling years. But there weren’t enough teams, enough options, enough ...
This compass will tell you how to get there (and back)%uFFFD
This compass will tell you how to get there (and back...
In failed long-distance swim, jellyfish stings trumped technology
Diana Nyad, a 64-year-old distance swimmer attempting to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys, called it quits last week partway through her journey, citing "extreme exhaustion...
Head-to-toe news from the OR show
For the first time in more years that we’d like to recall, the Boulder Weekly had a staffer who was flitting in and out among the booths of the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City, scoping out some of the latest in outdoor gear for the coming season. Here...
High school cycling league pedals into inaugural season
On Sept. 19, the first-ever Colorado Cycling League mountain bike race will be held at Chalk Creek Ranch in Nathrop...