Essential gear for a woman in the vertical world 1. Jeremy Collins Artwork from The Jonny Copp Foundation This brilliant piece, printed on 11×14 watercolor paper, was inspired by the late and great Jonny Copp, a world-class alpinist, founder of the Adventure Film Festival, and a luminary in the climbing world. (Copp, along with top [...]
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Nocturnal Admissions
Do you know how to take your sleeping bag’s temperature? Measuring a sleeping bag’s temperature rating is one of the least exacting and consistent sciences out there. The formula for a bags temperature rating, and a good night’s slumber, involves far more variables than bag design and materials. Are you male or female? What, if [...]
Notes From On High
Colorado can seem overrun with sprawl, tourists, transplants and soul-sucking suburbia, but these true tales of joy and mishap in the lonesome parts of the state attest to the magic that’s still out there. THE 14ERS When I was twenty-one, I moved to Boulder for the summer, lured by a two-day-a-week internship and the old [...]
The Booze Cruise
Colorado is home to some of the best outdoor adventures in the world and some of the best handcrafted beer, wine and spirits in the world. So why not put the two together when you plan your next outing. Here we present five trips that taste both of the state’s great pleasures. Bike and Beer [...]
Peak Exposure
A guide to the best lesser-known alpine climbs in colorado Often in the mountains, it’s the things you never expect that you remember the most. One summer, a friend and I had planned a traverse from Shoshoni Peak to Apache Peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, above Brainard Lake. This jagged ridge crest bristles with [...]
Summer Camp
It’s the season to get out and roam in the high country and this roundup of the best gear we took to the trail will help you explore the hills BEST STOVE Primus Express Spider The contemporary answer to that classic backpacking stove, the Spider impressed with just how light it was (a scant 7 [...]
Big Rocks and Highballs
Welcome to EO’s guide to the best of colorado bouldering Photos by Andrew Mann (LINK) Over the last 15 years of road–tripping back and forth across the country, never have I encountered a state with such abundance of stunning boulders as Colorado. From the bullet Dakota sandstone of Unaweep Canyon, to the alpine granite of [...]
Steamboat Oktoberwest Giveaway!
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No Set List Required
The Everyone Orchestra brings a wide variety of musicians together to get back to improvising and jamming—and the result will blow your mind The sign says “Hopeful.” For Kyle Hollingsworth, the Hammond B wizard from String Cheese Incident, “Hopeful” sounds a lot like a mash-up of War’s “Low Rider” and “Cisco Kid,” two songs that [...]
The Sickbird Takes Flight
“The Sickbird event officially happened last week thanxs to the raptor closing being lifted in Eldorado State Park this spring. The Sickbird was dreamed up to make the most of the park’s sports in a single day; climbing, cycling, and kayaking. Basically, you bring all your favorite toys to Eldo, and go-all-day-long.” LINK
