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Wine & Spirits – Beaver Creek

by Cameron Martindell August 24, 2011

Don’t let the lack of snow fool you. Beaver Creek is not just for winter fun. The mountains are beautiful all year around. You may find it curious that as a teetotaler I attended the Wine & Spirits festival, but I wanted to see if even I, without a drop of alcohol, would enjoy it. [...]

THE BEST OF FEST

by Jedd Ferris March 23, 2010

Here it is. Plan your year according to the best festivals and happenings in music, sports and film across Colorado. THE ONE-BAND FESTIVAL Phish: Telluride, August 9-10 When Phish reunited last year, the improvisational rock kings made it clear they intended to get back to the heart of what mattered in their previous two decades [...]

African Vibrations, Yeah

by Elevation Staff April 6, 2009

5Point Filmmaker Tyler Bradt talks about the challenges and high points of filming a paddling movie that includes record-high water on the Zambezi

The Bluegrass is Always Greener

by Gigi Ragland April 6, 2009

The Bluegrass is Always GreenerPlanet Bluegrass plans to make its festivals easier on the planet by implementing a doctrine of “sustainable festivation.”

Ducky Pride

by Charles Bethea April 6, 2009

I now realize that my magazine writing career began in 2004, with a ducky boat race down the Arkansas River. I was a clueless, if enthusiastic, 22-year-old intern at Hooked on the Outdoors. The Colorado-based magazine—which unfortunately folded, before so many others, in May of 2006—wasn’t able to pay me much of anything for my [...]

Hopped-Up Confessions

by Jacob Harkins April 6, 2009

What’s the best way to experience the Telluride Bluegrass Festival? Work the beer booth and make sure to follow the rules.