Adventure
Skateboards, snowboards and centers of gravity
This is a story about snowboarding. A story about skateboarding and concrete and chairlift rides. A story about halfpipes and rail jams and powder...
Swapping leads
In 1964, as fall began a chilly dissolve into winter, Dave Rearick and I drove the 11-plus miles up Boulder Canyon and made a...
Learning from a once-a-century avalanche cycle
For Brian Lazar and many of his co-workers at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), the first two weeks of March 2019 was a...
A 4-year-old kid just skied every month for a year
Charlie Leckonby is a skier. And, like most hardcore skiers, he’s always up for a trip to the hill to make some turns. So...
Kyle Richardson sets new speed records soloing First and Third Flatirons
At 5:15 p.m. on Oct. 9, Kyle Richardson stands next to the water fountain outside Chautauqua’s Ranger Cottage. He’s wearing his signature look: a...
Cushy car camping
Let’s face it: Astro vans and Prius sedans are not the first adventure rigs of choice when it comes to Boulder’s outdoor crowd —...
Learning to fall
When you fall from something taller than a door frame, don’t tense up, don’t get rigid. As airy nothingness swoops in, however suddenly, and...
From sea to peak
The mountain known as K2 is also known as “Savage Mountain.” Its sheer, jagged slopes rise from Pakistan’s Karakoram Valley floor and culminate in...
Running local
There’s climbing all the Colorado 14ers — which typically takes a few years and culminates in the right to wear an “I climbed all...
Metamorphosis
My hand slipped from the hold. I peeled away from the rock and watched as my alpine draw engaged, unexpectedly extended and snapped away...
Appalling incompetence and majestic triumph on Longs Peak
As I climbed the steps to Wayne’s condo, I expected him to be thrilled at my news. Wayne was an experienced Boulder climber, and...
Slaying dragons
In the story of St. George and The Dragon, a town is plagued by a monster, who is only satisfied when the townspeople offer...
