Get Schooled

by Jayme Moye December 7, 2009

Yeah, we know . . . you rip, you shred, you schuss. But as you sip that yerba mate, consider this: Colorado is one of the greatest alpine playgrounds on earth, and chances are you haven’t done it all. Curious to try tele? Heli? We’ve got mountains of local experts just waiting to light a [...]

Skiing Toward the Super Bowl

by Peter Kray December 7, 2009

Here in the Rockies, we experience a powerful converge of epic powder days and big games. Almost all of my most vivid football memories, especially those of the Broncos’ six Super Bowl appearances—two glorious wins and four heart-stabbing losses—are inextricably tied to the wind-in-your-face sensation of speeding down a snow-covered hill. I was in Salt [...]

Where the Wild Things Were

by Rachel Odell Walker December 7, 2009

Despite the sprawl, Colorado could be welcoming back its charismatic megafauna. Wolves and wolverines have been crossing the border and grizzly bears may not be far behind. But can the Centennial State save the big swaths of land these predators need to make a true comeback? On Friday, May 22, 2009, a male wolverine wearing [...]

Cold is Hot

by Doug December 7, 2009

This ain’t no Ice Capades. The tiny town of Ouray has turned itself into the best ice-climbing playground on the planet. And there’s no better time to chill here than during the Ouray Ice Festival. Ouray’s famed ice festival, the premier international gathering of ice climbers, gear manufacturing exhibitors and voyeurs, was started in 1996 [...]

Sky Runner Kilian Jornet

by Jayme Moye December 7, 2009

In which we try to keep pace with the man who may just be the toughest runner ever. After running went ultra—with Dean Karnazes ticking off 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days and Lisa Smith-Batchen breezing through the 150-mile Badwater Ultra in Death Valley, where temperatures approach 130 degrees, and turning around and [...]

The Nuclear Option: Clean Up the Cold War’s Environmental Mess

by Doug December 7, 2009

The toxic nuclear missile silos scattered around the country are a small but dangerous part of the fallout from the Cold War. The state of New Mexico did something about them this fall when a dozen retired Atlas F missile silos near the city of Roswell were decontaminated. Citizens and the Army Corps of Engineers [...]