Cold Play

by Doug December 8, 2009

Frigid temperatures, snow and ice don’t mean you have to forgo your cardio fix. ON YOUR FEET RUNNING 1. Ahnu Firetrail Winter Ideal for slush and mud, this shoe provides just enough waterproofing—in the form of a breathable hydrophobic mesh—to shuck off the nastiness without deviating too far from a standard trail runner. The Vibram [...]

Elle Yes!

by Radha Marcum December 8, 2009

Pay attention dudes. These gifts are guaranateed to please your woman. Hip. Edgy. Beautiful, but built to love the elements. That’s how you like your women—and that’s how they like their gifts. Still stumped? Here’s a fool-proof guide to what to give your better half this holiday season. NO: SOFT, PINK SKIS. Yes: Movement Spicys [...]

Eat, Play, Sleep

by Doug December 8, 2009

Ladies, the fastest way to a man’s heart is through his gear. That Y chromosome makes us predictable in so many ways but buying your man gifts is sort of a mystery. Despite our seemingly one-track minds, the gifts we dudes covet require a subtle sophistication beyond our obsession with powder days and fantasy football. [...]

Board Room

by Doug December 8, 2009

The best new snowboards rely on carbon, rocker and variable camber for versatility. SNOWBOARDS Light is right. SAY WHAT?: TAKIN’ ALL COMERS: Rome SDS Anthem SS The perfect board for Colorado’s variability, the Anthem SS combines carbon (to make it light) with built-in impact plates (for strength), so it can launch and suck up the [...]

Frozen Festivaaaal!

by Jedd Ferris December 7, 2009

Leftover Salmon celebrates 20 years with New Year’s shows in Boulder and Denver and EO gets in on the party with a little retrospective and essential discography. If any band defined the Colorado trend of taking traditional bluegrass and beating it over the head with rowdy long-hair revelry, it was Leftover Salmon. When Vince Herman [...]

Riding the Mongoose

by Doug December 7, 2009

Sometimes the danger is part of the allure. High in the San Juans, the steep white gash of the Mongoose opens at the top of the north face of 12,800-foot Reconnoiter Peak. The line spirals down a 1,000-foot couloir, pinches into a 45-degree slot—the likely trigger zone should the slope unleash—and then spills out into [...]