Elevation Outdoors Magazine

I wasn’t even 10 miles into Sunday’s Centurion Colorado before the much overused cycling mantra “that’s racing” began echoing through my mind. ‘That’s racing’ is actually just a polite way of saying, “I’m f*cked,” because you don’t use that phrase unless you categorically experience bad luck in a bike race. I stood dejected for about [...]

A big, big buyer’s guide to all the wool apparel you can handle. By Brian Litz The roots of today’s wool renaissance lie in primarily in merino socks and base layers. Certainly in North America much credit for this resurgence goes to SmartWool’s original line of merino ski socks, which debuted in the early mid [...]

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 [...]

Few places have the access to steep, long, backcountry runs like the Jackson Hole region–whether it’s off Teton Pass, in the Snake River Range, or even the gnarly sidecountry off of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Having just returned from a week-long sampling of all those destinations, we found that what all three spots have [...]

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When we sent writer Paul Tolme back to his old stomping grounds in Nederland to write on the local MTB scene (“The Ride of the Nedhed Dirt Club“), we also set him up with some essential gear for the trip. Here’s his take on how it worked on the trail. Head Gear: There’s no need [...]

At the risk of blowing the best-kept secret in the Front Range, we send a former Nederland resident back to his old stomping grounds to uncover the truth about the riding scene, local politics, all those hidden trails and what the future has in store for a community that still rides for the joy of suffering.

Canine Cannonball is the Lyons Outdoor Games’ equivalent of Splash Dogs, the high-flying, tail-thumping, doggie sport of dock jumping. Lyons resident Adam Schwartz dreamed up the event when he realized his Labrador retriever, Bruin, had natural hops, but no place to showcase his talent. “He’s a freak,” says Schwartz. “I sank a buoy 25 feet [...]

While the Boulder bike community basks in the collective excitement of its new velodrome (featured in the April issue of Elevation Outdoors), riders in Colorado Springs have been racing fixed-gear bikes on a big banked track for years. In 1982, the U.S. Olympic Committee built the 7-Eleven United States Olympic Training Center Velodrome on leased [...]