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$30 million

by Doug May 5, 2010

amount Colorado will receive from the U.S. Forest Service to address the impacts of the bark beetle and spruce beetle epidemics and to protect people and property.

Bike Politics

by Doug May 5, 2010

Meet IMBA government affairs director Jenn Dice, the woman who takes on Washington in the name of singletrack. This spring Jenn Dice of the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) and the Outdoor Alliance (OA) went to Washington DC, to make the case for more singletrack. She came home to Colorado celebrating a renewed partnership with [...]

Spinning Washington

by Doug May 5, 2010

Washington DC used to just play lip service to cyclists. Who can forget those awkward images of George W. Bush “mountain biking” on his Texas ranch? Meanwhile bike projects went ignored. But in the midst of tea parties and health care and immigration and a hundred other hot button issues that have things shaking in [...]

Ridin' High

by Doug May 5, 2010

From 29ers to custom road rides to a bike-in-a-box, here are our picks for the best rides you’ll find in stores this spring. ROAD Specialized Roubaix Pro SRAM When it comes to a day-to-day road bike, you won’t find a better investment than any iteration of the trusty Roubaix. The bike can handle anything you [...]

Follow 14 14ers on Elevation Outdoors

by Doug March 29, 2010

Starting on April 4, Dave Schipper and a strong crew will be skiing 14 14ers, traversing from Monarch to Leadville, Colorado, and racking up 130 miles and 40,000 verts. You can follow the trip (delayed from a March 28 start) live through Dave’s blog posts here at Elevation Outdoors. In the meantime, read about Dave [...]

Hope and Harmony

by Doug March 23, 2010

The first “festival” I ever went to was Live Aid in 1985. The show raised $286 million for Ethiopian famine, while putting superstar artists on the stage including Black Sabbath, The Pretenders, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and Led Zeppelin (with, odd as it may sound, Phil Collins playing drums). As someone who came [...]