Breckenridge got thirteen inches of snow on Wednesday and more last night, so there should be plenty to go around today when the ski resort (mostly Peak 8) opens for the season. There are plenty of activities on tap, including music, donuts, giveaways and of course, chilly refreshing temperatures. We…
Winter Park Resort opens Saturday, joining a handful of ski-country destinations that have already powered on the gondolas. We profile them all in The Edge, our insider’s guide to the 2014 ski and snowboard season, and we’ll be rolling out those profiles as the mountains open. But if you really…
Arapahoe Basin was first — as usual — but two other Summit County ski resorts, Copper Mountain and Keystone Resort, will open today, despite warm weather recently that pushed back Keystone’s original opening-day plan. In addition, Wolf Creek down in southwestern Colorado, opens this weekend as well. But with temperatures…
Last year’s ski and snowboard season was the best on record, according to Colorado Ski Country USA, with a record 12.6 million visits to Colorado ski areas — and this year’s snow forecast is even better. “Seeing our visitation punch through the 12.5 million level and best our prior mark…
Because of warm weather, the Colorado ski/snowboard season got off to a slow start — but Loveland is open for business. And with temperatures dropping and snow falling, the rest of this state’s resorts will soon be online. We profile them all in The Edge, our insider’s guide to the…
Because of warm weather, the Colorado ski/snowboard season got off to a slow start — but not at Arapahoe Basin, which was again the first resort to open not just in Colorado, but the nation. And with temperatures dropping and snow falling, the rest of this state’s resorts will soon…
Runners in the fifth annual Rock ’n’ Roll Denver Marathon will race to a live-music soundtrack provided by more than thirty local bands as they take off from Civic Center Park and pass stages at Sloan’s Lake, Confluence Park, City Park and Washington Park before heading back downtown, where Bonnie…
Boulder-based Eldorado Climbing Walls won the Wright Award at the fourth annual Something Independent Awards ceremony Tuesday night at Space Gallery, edging out finalists Icelantic Skis and Oskar Blues Brewery. The award recognizes Colorado companies “who are leading at the intersection of lifestyle and commerce” — and full disclosure, I…
Matthew Inman — best known in the land of viral Internet comics as creator of “The Oatmeal”, has accepted that he’s never going to win or even qualify for marquee races like the Boston Marathon, “probably due to the fact that I constantly eat like the world is coming to…
The Adventure Film Festival marks its tenth anniversary this weekend at the Boulder Theater, and its fifth year without founder Johnny Copp, who died in a 2009 climbing accident. “We were digging through our archives because of the anniversary and found Johnny’s original vision for the festival that he scratched…
“National Public Lands Day is a celebration of our natural resources, from local parks and community gardens to state parks and national monuments,” says Anna Wadhams, NPLD program manager for the National Environmental Education Foundation, noting that thirty sites across Colorado will participate in volunteer projects that involve building and…
When the Chocolate Skateboards team rolls into town this weekend on its twentieth anniversary tour, local artist Evan Hecox will be front and center at the celebration. His artwork for the iconic brand will anchor a one-night-only art show at Super Ordinary that features his skateboard graphics, along with photographs…
While the first Colorado ski areas won’t be opening for another month, locals know that snowboarding season actually starts in September, with the early onslaught of video premieres to stoke the fire. And, for the second year in a row, you can see almost all of them in one place…
The USA Pro Challenge is billed as “America’s Race,” and Pat McQuaid, former president of competitive cycling’s global governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, has called it the “best race in American history” — but, really, it might just as well be called the Tour de Colorado. The fourth installment…
“In roller derby, you always see women just starting out who come in all shy and tentative, and then within a couple of weeks, they’re out there totally rocking it,” says Meghan Dougherty, co-author of Dorothy’s Derby Chronicles, a new series of young-adult novels about a diverse group of teen…
“The confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek was historically a gathering spot for Native people, used for trade and for bringing the nations together,” says Walt Pourier, founder of the Stronghold Society and promoter of the fifth annual ONE Gathering Skate for Life event at the Denver…
Arapahoe Basin opened for the 2013-2014 ski and snowboard season way back on October 13 and, thanks to one of the best snow years on record, it is still open for one more weekend. Alas, all good things must come to an end, and Fourth of July fireworks at the…
This morning the co-founders of Denver-based Mile High Mountaineering launched a Kickstarter project for their offshoot brand CO.ALITION, taking the same technical design chops that have made their backcountry MHM packs a hit and adding integrated technology components and a more urban aesthetic for everyday use. CO.ALITION co-founders Jeff Popp…
Throw the roof rack back on your car and dig out your winter gear, because storms this week deposited deep powder on both Loveland and Arapahoe Basin, the last two ski areas standing in Colorado. Loveland got 31 inches from the storm, A-Basin got 17, and OpenSnow.com forecaster Joel Gratz…
If you’ve had enough of the seasonal allergy syndrome down here in Denver and find yourself already missing winter, never fear: Five Colorado ski areas are either still open or re-opening this weekend, thanks to one very good winter snow season — and there’s powder in the forecast for Saturday…
Closing day fall on both Easter Sunday and — ahem — 4/20 for a handful of Colorado’s ski areas, so this weekend is shaping up to be all-time. We’ve put together a guide to get you through it. See also: Best of Denver 2014 Sports & Recreation…
There’s still plenty of snow and some excellent riding to be had over the next few weeks, but some of our favorite end-of-season festivities are also well underway. Get it while the getting’s good with this weekend guide to where to bikini ski, surf some icy ponds, and even kayak…
