This Weekend In Stoke: Top five ways to Spring break yourself

Love it or hate it, Spring Break is getting into full swing in the mountains. Here are 5 ways to get wild this weekend: OmMG! Looking for a side-serving of serenity with your weekend helping of stoke? Try the 1st annual Telluride Yoga Festival Winter Retreat, a chillier version of…

Mountain Position in the Mountains

The fourth annual Telluride Yoga Festival, which takes place in July, has grown into one the world’s premiere yoga retreats. So this, year, they’ve added a Winter Retreat weekend, running today through Sunday, to help harness all that awesome mountain karma and add some meditation to the madness of Spring…

Chasing Rainbows

A lot of leprechauns will be on the loose today for the 23rd annual Runnin’ of the Green 7K: Race director Terry McGrath says he’s expecting as many as 7,000 runners this year, good news for the Volunteers of America Meals On Wheels program the race benefits. “We started it…

Back To the Source

In 2009, Boulder-based writer Tracy Ross, senior editor for Backpacker Magazine, won a National Magazine Award for her essay “The Source of All Things,” a story quite unlike any of the tales of adventure she’d previously written about. The essay centered on a hike she took as an adult with…

This Weekend In Stoke: Top six ways to put life, limb and ladies on the line

Lights! Camera! Action! Start your weekend in stoke off properly tonight at the Paramount Theater, where they’re screening films from the 35th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, including Life Cycles, Still Motion, Miracle In The Storm, Into Darkness, Wildwater and The Fall Line: A Warrior’s Return, a profile…

Today In Stoke: Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Boulder Theater, Night 2

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour wraps its two-night stint at the Boulder Theater tonight before heading to Denver’s Paramount Theater on Thursday and Friday. Tonight’s seven featured films (peep the trailers after the jump) include The Fall Line, from Carbondale-based photographer and filmmaker Tyler Stableford, and The Swiss…

Today In Stoke: Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Boulder Theater

Ready for some vicarious adventure? The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour comes to the Boulder Theater tonight and tomorrow, then to Denver’s Paramount Theater on Thursday and Friday. Tonight’s program features eight films from the 35th annual festival held in the Canadian Rockies in October 2010, including Eastern Rises,…

Stair Masters

Take a deep breath — and be thankful for that breath this morning before racing up 56 floors in the stairwell of Republic Plaza, the tallest building in Denver. “The Anthem Fight for Air Climb is one of our most popular special events each year,” says Liz Toohey, event coordinator…

Run For Your Life

Mina Samuels turns a tired old playground taunt into an empowering command in her book Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives. After discovering the power of running and other sports in her own life, Samuels interviewed nearly 100 female athletes — including Kim Walker, owner of…

South of Banff

The Banff Mountain Film Festival celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2010, and now brings its world tour to the Boulder Theater tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. ($19.50 per day, tickets at www.bouldertheater.com), then to Denver’s Paramount Theatre March 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. ($15 per day, tickets at…