Adventure
Exploring the depths of the unknown
When world-renowned ocean explorer Robert Ballard undertook a mission to find the wreckage of RMS Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, that story was actually a cover operation. In truth, Ballard says, he was on a series of highly classified...
No Business Like Snow Business: The Economics of Big Ski Resorts
The view is best from the top. It's the moment you disembark from the...
Back for more
Morgan Pearson was on the way back to his hotel in Paris, France.
He is one of the top triathletes in the world and has...
High country storms dump snow on Colorado ski areas
Finally. Colorado ski areas received a much-needed powder boost this weekend, as snow fell over several days at just about every resort...
Bound by nothing
The water of the Rio Grande shimmers with a muddy green, lizard-like iridescence in late April sun, meandering slowly (unlike the actual lizards that...
Far from tapping out
In 2009, more than 100 years after the first women’s boxing demonstration at the Olympics, headlines announced it would finally be accepted as an Olympic sport. For Carrie Barry, who had transitioned from the Army’s World Class Athlete’s Program to the USA Olympic ...
Racing to save bonobos
Canadian-American novelist Deni Béchard, a recent resident of Breckenridge, has written two award-winning books and explored more than 50 countries. When he heard bonobos, our closest living relative alongside chimpanzees, are going extinct, he set out for the Congo ...
10 reasons to visit a small ski hill
1. See and ski the roots of the sport. You don’t need a high-speed quad, a fleet of groomers and a four-star restaurant to have fun. You just need a mountain, a lift to take you to the top and the right attitude...
All the way to the top
As he neared the South Summit of Everest, just over 28,700 feet above sea level, Denver-based mountaineer Chris Bombardier was thoroughly worked.
“I was so...
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...
One tank of gas
How far can you go on one tank of gas? Two hundred miles? Three hundred? Four? Well, it all depends upon where you’re headed...
Making it happen
It’s just after 6 a.m. and Aisha Weinhold is sitting at her desk with a cup of coffee. She looks out the kind of...
