The National Sports Center for the Disabled and the American Red Cross are expecting more than 500 riders for this weekend’s Fat Tire Classic mountain-bike pledge ride at Winter Park, up by more than 100 participants over 2009. “It’s a great way to introduce people to the mountain-biking trails up…

Less than one week ago, most of the budding rock stars at Girls Rock Denver had never picked up an instrument, so prepare to have your mind — and your ears — blown when they bring the noise at today’s Summer Camp Showcase at the Oriental Theater. By the time…

Dreaming of paddling Patagonia’s Rio Futaleufu on an upcoming adventure? Lyle Phetteplace, co-owner of Renaissance Adventure Guides, suggests starting your journey a little closer to home — like Clear Creek’s Whitewater Park in Golden. That’s where you’ll find Renaissance on the River 2010, a free kayaking workshop, tonight and every…

Opening ceremonies for the thirtieth annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games start at 11:30 a.m. today in Civic Center Park, but the fireworks will continue all week: You won’t find a more moving way to celebrate our nation’s independence or the fighting spirit of those who have defended it. This is…

While other mountain towns have been racing to build new trail networks that cater to two-wheelers, Breckenridge has been sitting on a super-sized secret, says Carly Grimes, spokeswoman for the Breckenridge Resort Chamber. “Breck was a mining town, and there are hundreds of miles of historic mining trails in every…

There are so many Independence Day runs in Colorado that the Fourth of July is starting to feel like a celebration of running for our lives, not fighting for our freedom. Still, you can’t go wrong with the Liberty Run 4 Mile, which starts a few hours after dawn’s early…

As hard as it is to break into pro skateboarding, there always seems to be some little kid shaking things up. And after seeing young skater Ryan Sheckler rise to become the superstar of the Dew Tour five years ago, promoters opened a back door to the big show for…

Gunnison’s Whitewater Park takes center stage at this weekend’s eighth annual Gunnison River Festival, where casual events like the River Parade, Race for the Golden Paddle and Hooligan Race bump oars with USA Freestyle Kayak-sanctioned competition. “As of this year, we’re now one of six locations in the U.S. for…

“Mapping out the route for the inaugural Denver Century Ride has been a lot of fun,” says ride director Leslie Caimi. “The terrain you can get into within 100 miles of downtown? It’s incomparable. Our route utilizes Denver’s vast bike-path system, some of the metro area’s classic road cycling and…

Fat Tire Bike Week, which begins today in Crested Butte, is billed as “the planet’s oldest mountain bike festival” and, as Dirty 30 birthday bashes go, this one will certainly have plenty of dirt. Start with a core-skills training session (June 22-24) or the Rippin’ Chix Clinic (June 25) to…

The Denver metro area has “a wealth of urban parks and outdoor recreation opportunities and “a world of outdoor adventure in all directions throughout the state,” says Bruce Ward, president of the Choose Outdoors board of directors and a spokesman for the third annual National Get Outdoors Day event at…

The 62nd annual FIBArk Whitewater Festival — “America’s Oldest and Boldest” — on the Arkansas River officially runs June 17 through 20, but head down early for today’s Yoga for Boaters session at the Yoga Tonic (8:30 a.m., 301 Oak Street, Salida) if you’re planning to participate in any of…

The 7th annual Lyons Outdoor Games, which kicks off today, includes kayaking events in the Lyons Whitewater Park, a skateboard contest at Kurt Carlson Skatepark, BMX racing and dirt jumping at Lyons Bike Park, fly-fishing clinics along the St. Vrain River, and dog competitions like Speed Retrieve and Canine Cannonball…

The City Chase adventure race begins at 10 a.m. in Skyline Park today and ends six hours later in the same place. The entry fee ($175 per two-person team) helps benefit Sports for a Cause, and organizers promise a wide range of “mind, body and spirit” challenges across the city…

Skiers and snowboarders headed to A-Basin this weekend for their last late-season lines will be amused by the roof-rack loads of their fellow adventurers heading farther up I-70 toward Vail: Some of them will be carrying surfboards. Yes, surfboards. Twenty years after the debut of the Vail Valley Foundation’s Memorial…

Keystone is typically one of the first ski mountains to open nationwide, and now it’s pushing for its earliest summer opening date ever, despite getting spring snow as recently as two weeks ago. But that contrast is exactly what Summer Remix is all about. Lay down a nice leisurely line…

Heavy hitters at the 32nd annual Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride this weekend include both the 2010 Oscar-winning dolphin-slaughter documentary, The Cove, and 2010’s Sundance Grand Prize winner, Restrepo, photographer Tim Hetherington and journalist Sebastian Junger’s documentary filmed over the course of fifteen months on the frontlines in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley…

The Rocky Mountain Flyway is one of four major bird migration routes in North America and just happens to run — fly? — right past Denver. To get a look at our fine feathered friends, stop by the National Urban Wildlife Refuge at Crown Hill Park in Lakewood from 1…

Though he’s best known for a brief stint on MTV’s The Tom Green Show a decade ago, Tom Green got his start in low-budget community television in Canada and has made a nearly seamless transition to Internet web-lebrity: Tom Green’s House Tonight, broadcast online from his living room, has become…

It’s an unnerving sign of the times that there are kids suffering from childhood obesity and what Richard Louv calls “nature deficit disorder” here in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. But a new book from Steamboat magazine editor Eugene Buchanan aims to help parents pick up the trail with…

After 32 years of dream-job journalism, covering everything from the Final Four and the Super Bowl to the Olympics for the likes of Sports Illustrated and ESPN Magazine and spending more time interviewing nude men in locker rooms than he ever could have imagined, Rick Reilly set out in search…