Now based in Boulder, Sierra Designs was on the front end of the ultralight tent category before it had a name. Evolving from classic 1980s models like the Meteor Light, this year's latest and greatest, weighing in at 3 pounds, 6 ounces, the LT St...

The Vail Daily reports that Eagle County bigwigs listened to the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority's pitch for a high-speed rail network that would link Denver and Vail, not to mention Cheyenne and Pueblo, for a price tag of $20 billion to $40 billion...

Weighing in at a mere three pounds, the JakPak is the Swiss Army knife of outerwear, tripling as a jacket, a one-person tent, and a sleeping bag. The Seattle-made product incorporates a waterproof jacket with a hood and visor, a sleeping bag, a ba...

Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort just extended its season until May 2 -- the same day Loveland is slated to call it quits, this weekend's dumper notwithstanding. It's the latest closing ever for the former resort -- located 30 miles from the Strip...

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on Earth Day -- and in the middle of fee-free National Parks Week -- that his department wanted to host the public sans entry fees several more times this year.From www.nationalparksonline.org:"What ...

When a company puts out a press photo of its latest digital camera bathed in mud, then you know they're not messing around. Not only is the new PENTAX Optio W90 waterproof to 20 feet, it's shockproof, coldproof, and dustproof. (And mudproof, but t...