Elevation Outdoors Magazine

The time is ripe to turn your patch of concrete into a vegetable garden or create a fishery in your backyard. Boulder was named a runner-up as America’s Foodiest Small Town by Bon Appétit last year, and locavores are looking forward to the start-up of many of Colorado’s farmer’s markets this month. But the big [...]

Or how to avoid lightning in the high country. It was the crackling I heard first—like a bowl of Rice Krispies amplified through the speakers in Madison Square Garden. When the sky could no longer contain that noise, a blaring bang burst out of the dark gray air. A flash of light popped around me [...]

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 [...]

Can a T-shirt save the world? The creator of Locals Have More Fun talks about mountain bike trails, local pride and how we can all help correct global wierding. What do you get when you mix a financially savvy guy with a penchant for powder and the desire to make a difference? Locals Have More [...]

Montanya Distillers brings Caribbean rum in to the Rockies Two years ago, Silverton residents Karen and Brice Hoskin were beaching it in Belize. The question arose, as it does this time of year, how do we make this type of trip a tax deduction? The answer came a few days later in Guatemala, when the [...]

Olympic champ and Vail resident Lindsey Vonn shows off a sign for the run (formerly International) renamed in her honor at the resort. Beyond her Vancouver gold and bronze, Vonn is the most decorated American skier ever, with three consecutive World Championships and 33 World Cup victories.

BATTLE IN THE BUBBLE Part Two with Daniel Woods from Cedar Wright on Vimeo. This massive new bouldering comp hopes to change the sport. It’s a blast to watch a bouldering comp at The Spot (thespotgym.com) but it’s not the kind of thing that’s going to catch on with X-Games-style mainstream crowds. But the Boulder-based [...]

Mountain to Mountain empowers women with the help of the bike. Breck resident Sharon Galpin loves mountain culture and the sports that go along with it, particularly trail running and mountain biking. The 35-year-old also has a passion for gender equity and human rights. So she decided to put the two together and create Mountain [...]

Backcountry.com has gained credence in the world of gear freaks thanks to its rabid community of customers who write their own reviews of products. The Utah-based online retailer went a step further last month, allowing its customers to upload their own video reviews of products as well. Best of all, videos are uploaded through YouTube, [...]