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With plenty of options for untracked lines and an authentic vibe, the little town that rocks makes for a perfect close-to-home winter weekend.Salida is still a bit off the radar when it comes to backcountry goodness, but just three hours from Denver, it offers up a whole platter of powdery ski and snowboard options for [...]

Locals tackle China’s Yangtze to raise awareness of disappearing rivers. Grand Junction resident Travis Winn’s father had been running exploratory river expeditions in western China for as long as Winn could remember, and he inherited his father’s obsession. By the time he was 16, Winn was exploring the major rivers of the provinces of Tibet, [...]

“We acknowledge that some items … are funny, but sometimes you have to put yourselves in the shoes of the victim and not lose sight of that.” -Steamboat Springs Police Captain Joel Rae to the local paper after The Jay Leno Show mocked an incident that occurred in the 2900 block of West Acres Drive [...]

The amount of energy Movement Climbing + Fitness, Boulder’s newest and greenest climbing gym, gets from solar panels and solar thermal heaters. movementboulder.com

Uncrowded Ice at the Other Ouray Climbers from around the world know Ouray, Colorado, for its impressive free ice park. But ask even local climbers about the Lake City Ice Park (lakecityiceclimbs.com) and you’ll most likely get a blank stare. Blame it on tiny Lake City’s baby brother status—it only claims about a dozen major [...]

Andre Agassi on snowboarding A few years after leaving a 20-year pro tennis career, Andre Agassi is finding himself a relative rookie on the slopes. The tennis great—who runs the $60 million Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation and whose new book, Open, details everything from his use of crystal meth to wearing a hairpiece—has been snowboarding [...]

Heidiskis Goes Big, Gives Back Take one childhood spent skiing in Squaw and Sun Valley and add four years racing for CU. Now add a subsequent career as a financial analyst followed by a move to Switzerland to study at the Center College of Design. Top it off with long blond hair, a buff bod, [...]

Last year’s inaugural Exceler8s Festival (which consisted of two days of guided skiing, a dinner and a silent auction held at Silverton Mountain) raised over $13,000 for The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado River Basin Project. We offer a hearty atta boy to founder Brian Allison, a Boulder native and Director at Cisco Systems, and his team [...]

I will miss talking to Shane McConkey. Not just because he was funny and full of life. But because he was for real. Despite all the Saucer Boy antics, he was always willing to sit down and talk about the sport, always engaged and interested in conveying his passion for skiing. He fulfilled the stereotype [...]

It’s long been a cliché in ball sports to say, “the kid’s got all the tools, he just needs the tool box.” Well there’s a truism along those lines when it comes to skis and boards. If your equipment is outdated, you can’t ride up to your potential. Herein we offer the gear that will [...]