Adventure
Armstrong faces lifetime ban over doping charges
Lance Armstrong has decided not to fight doping charges against him brought by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which now plans to strip Armstrong of his seven Tour de France championship titles...
Legends in the field
Down the tunnel of his headlamp light, Luke Nelson saw a frog. It sat in the middle of the trail, somewhere around 9,000 feet...
Where there’s a cause, there’s a runner
Runner Tony Stafford’s commitment to raising money and awareness for the American Lung Association is part of a strong legacy of philanthropy when it comes to The Wild West Relay. For the event’s entire seven-year history, the race has been associated with ...
Online Adventure site of the week:
RoadsideAmerica.com As summer approaches, our inner traveler begins to scream, “Road trip!” But where to go, what to see? Every traveler has different expectations, but if your road trip across America includes the desire to see a Styrofoam replica of Stonehenge...
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...
Many close calls later
"It was a miracle really, that neither of us were killed,” says Simon Yates. “We were in this really narrow couloir on Makron Chhish, myself and another guy, when just a massive amount of rockfall started coming down...
Planks of glory
Standing atop Spillway, an intermediate groomer at Loveland Ski Area, I visualized my descent on the crowded ribbon of man-made hard pack tending towards icy. Sticking to a line was critical, and this task was daunting, as I had just strapped on my first new pair of ...
Not all who wander are lost
CWA panel on exploring in your 20s Perhaps it’s true now more than ever that not all those who wander are lost. They’re just getting ahead of the game in an increasingly connected world...
Dancer in the wild
High up on the southern side of Bear Peak at the southwestern edge of Boulder, the rock feature known as The Maiden hooks from the ground toward the western horizon. The rock monolith, dusted in lime lichen, catches the setting sun, holding on to the light after ...
Not more, just better
The morning after her wedding, Sunny Stroeer meets me at the South Mesa trailhead at 8 a.m. sharp. As I pull into the parking...
Sleepers at altitude
After weathering tent pole-breaking winds and a mostly sleepless night at 14,443 feet on the summit of Mount Elbert, Jon Kedrowski and Chris Tomer awoke to an idea: Could they sleep on the summits of every 14er in the state...
Boulder author recounts how hiking the Pacific Crest Trail changed her...
Boulder-based author Gail Storey’s nonfiction book I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail recently won the 2013 National Outdoor Book Award for best outdoor literature. In it, she recounts a summer of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (...
