The July-August Issue of Elevation Outdoors is Live and On Newsstands Now!

We are into the heat of summer—time to go higher. The 2014 July-August Climbing and Beer issue of Elevation Outdoors is here.

In this annual special we combine two of the things Colorado is best known for—rock and craft brewing for our most action-packed issue of the year. Inside you’ll find beta on where to climb and where to enjoy a cold one at the end of the day. We kick things off when senior editor Cameron Martindell profiles Phil Powers, Brady Robinson and Ken Yager, three climbers who have made the effort to raise climbing to a higher level through community. Then we give you all the info you will need to head north and check out one of the hottest climbing spots in the West—Ten Sleep, Wyoming.

Back home in Colorado, senior editor Chris Kassar lays out the GPS coordinates to scramble up Crestone Needle, the difficult last Colorado 14er to be climber. And Jonathan Ingraham tags along with a group of crack addicts and Oklahoma State Universtiy students to see what the buzz is all about at Indian Creek, Utah. With an eye on yogin no further than the backyard, author Brendan Leonard pens an ode to the joys of climbing here in the Front Range. And the beer? Suds expert Hudson Lindenberger runs down his favorite beers for summer and we present a special advertising section profiling the best breweries and craft distilleries in the state.

But wait, there’s more… Editor-at-large Peter Kray and Mike Rogge debate the merits of the Birkenstock. Canyoneering comes to Colorado. Polar explorer Eric Larsen talks about climate change and gear. And Kray writes about the dogs he loved most. Now dig in and enjoy.