Adventure
Fall is peak time for climbing
Colorado’s 54 highest peaks, the fourteeners, are already deep into fall. It’s one of the most beautiful and peaceful times to climb a fourteener. The crowds have thinned, the aspens are turning, and the threat of lightning has eased. But at 14,000 feet, autumn, ...
A bold new voice
Over the past five years, fueled by concerns about sustainability, global warming and environmental footprints, and fed by the recent collapse in the real estate-fueled resort economy, skiers and snowboarders have started to become activists, creating a variety of ...
It’s almost that time again
You know ski season is on when you are standing in Boulder Ski Deals at 9 a.m. on a Saturday in September — soaked in sweat because it’s already 80 degrees, the town permeated with a campfire aroma — and the line is out the door...
Take this strengthtraining book to the gym
If you spend time wandering and wondering in the fitness center, pick up Marco Borges’ new book Power Moves...
Elevated Reflections on the fourmile fire
One of the more poignant memoirs I’ve read concerns a group of French soldiers in World War I. The men lost their way en route to the battlefield and mistakenly ascended a high, steep ridge. From that unintentionally safe vantage point, they witnessed the horrendous ...
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...
Point of View
For the past several months I’ve been experimenting with POV (point of view) video cameras...
How I got to burning man
About this time last year I was sweating buckets, training for the biggest adventure of my life. It started innocently enough over cocktails at Jax restaurant in Boulder in the spring of 2009 with talk about going to the Burning Man festival in Nevada. If we were ...
Two for the price of One
Exploring the Colorado ridgelines between peaksTo modify the quote made famous by Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks, it’s a great day for a summit hike, let’s grab two! Linking together peaks on Colorado’s mountains is a great way to double — or triple or quadruple...
Luna Sandals keep you running
Taking us back to our indigenous roots, Luna Sandals by Barefoot Ted’s Adventure Company offer runners a unique opportunity to run as our bodies were built to do — barefoot. While allowing us to use our legs and feet “as designed,” they eliminate the challenge of...
Sky’s the limit for local all-women bike ride
Inclusivity and opportunity. Two simple words. Two powerful words. And two words that pretty much sum up the raison d’etre for a not-so-little event called the Venus de Miles, scheduled for Aug. 29 on roads around Boulder this year. Boulder is filled with ...
