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When Brendan Leonard found the Banff Mountain Film Festival — and Denver’s Paramount Theatre — filled with puffy coat-wearing people cheering to outdoor exploits, he declared, “Yes, these are my people. I found my people. I imagine some people feel that at a Broncos ...
Fight between European climbers, Sherpas reported on Mt. Everest
A group of three European climbers has reported a fight between themselves and a group of Sherpa guides on Mount Everest...
The art and science of racing boards
Snowboarding attracts a wide variety of enthusiasts. With so many mountains and so many types of terrain to explore, there are many different ways to enjoy the snow during the year, from cranking intoxicating, effortless turns in pure backcountry powder to slipping ...
The (ex-)cyclist who wouldn’t dope
Grand Junction financial advisor Scott Mercier was surprised to get a call from the U.S. agency that recently won its standoff against one of the best-known athletes in the country...
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 ...
Sagan takes his second stage victory in third day of USA...
Peter Sagan spent his day buried in the peloton, saving up...
Colorado’s two heli-skiing operators share the same mountain range, the same...
The first thing you notice are the mountains. They’re rough and jagged, and they stand tall against the rising sun, etching patterns in the sky. The second thing you notice, because it sits right in front of you, is the helicopter. A bird, waiting to take fight, with...
Border-to-border
No one’s gonna top this, in our posterity, I don’t think. Maybe, but I doubt it,” Ben Thamer tells the video camera in the new documentary, Unbranded. “You can run a marathon, you can hike across the Great Wall, you can do a lot of things but you can’t do this. This ...
Knock on wood
Wood One of the most basic building materials known to humans, wood is the foundation of skis and snowboards. This versatile, beautiful material was used for the first skis. The legendary Austrian pioneer of downhill skiing, Arnold Lund, perfected the first alpine ...
Ride or die
If you spend much time cruising Boulder’s 300-plus miles of bikeway, you’ve probably crossed paths with Ryan Van Duzer. Even if you haven’t, you...
Biff 2012 | Covering higher ground
In 2010, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Eric Weihenmayer’s ascent of Mount Everest as the only blind man to climb the world’s tallest mountain, the same team who went with him reassembled to do a commemorative trip. Their first ascent was completed in what ...

















