Outdoors & Rec

It’s been a couple years now since Boulder-based Null Skateboards dropped its last full team video, Null & Void, but this Nullvember promo proves they’ve been keeping busy in the meantime:…

Might as well go ahead and make it a 5-day weekend: Beaver Creek is opening today with at least 426 acres of terrain and 11 lifts, not to mention the annual Beaver Creek Cookie Competition — 2 p.m. near the ice rink in the Beaver Creek Village — which will…

Loveland, A-Basin, Wolf Creek, Keystone, Copper Mountain, Winter Park, and Vail were all open this weekend, so why were most of the top snowboarders in Colorado and from around the world hanging out in downtown Denver? SixEleven Productions has the video recap from the 2nd annual Backyard Bang in case…

After getting dumped on all week (nearly three feet, as of this writing) Vail is opening today with 1,150 acres and nine lifts. Eldora opens today, too. Winter Park opened on Wednesday and will open Mary Jane tomorrow. And Keystone, which opened on November 5, is opening a bunch of…

The Adventure Film Festival opens tonight at the Boulder Theater with two shorts and two feature-length films to kick off the four-day festival. Here’s what’s in store for adventurous film fans tonight:…

Boulder’s Meta Skateboards celebrates its 10-year anniversary tonight at the Boulder Theater with the premiere of the new team video Lumber Jockeys and two other local videos: Properganda and With A Little Help From My Friends, plus performances by Speedwolf, The Cold North, and The Achievement…

If you’re looking around at a lot of empty cubicles in your office this morning, chances are your female co-workers are taking a “sick” day at Loveland: The ski area is hosting a complimentary On Snow Refresher Workshop today with Warren Miller Entertainment heartthrob Chris Anthony at 9 a.m., sponsored…

The last time Scottish street trials pro Danny MacAskill put a full video part online it got more than 21 million views on YouTube, got the Band of Horses song “Funeral” stuck in everybody’s heads across the whole damned world, and gave Inspired Bicycles more free press and new business…

Nobody’s reppin’ the local scene as hard as the new Snowboard Colorado magazine, and the third issue hit core snowboard shops this week. To pick up your free copy, look for the brand-new magazine racks made from Colorado beetle-kill wood. That’s Skylar Holgate on the cover carving a big turn…

1. Opening weekend at Breck. More than six inches of fresh pow for opening day today and 17″ so far this week mean you could be skiing or snowboarding on some serious snow right now. Get to it. There are also freshies to be had this weekend at Loveland, A-Basin,…

Breckenridge opens today, and we’re not just talking about a single-run ribbon-of-death opening, either: It’s been snowing in Summit County for the last three days and piling up like crazy. “It’s gonna be awesome, I’m not gonna lie,” says Breck spokeswoman Kristen Petitt. “We’re like kids on Christmas up here:…

The good news? Tickets are on sale this week for the Denver Big Air ski and snowboard competition in Civic Center Park, January 25-26, a two-day event sanctioned by the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA) and the International Ski Federation (FIS). The Denver Big Air contests will include the…

Winter storms have been hammering the mountains, and early-season sliding is already afoot: Ski and snowboard season is upon us. Our annual winter activity guide is here to help. We tracked down more than two dozen intrepid explorers with expertise on each local mountain to give you the inside edge…

Today’s a powder day at Loveland (6″ in the last 24 hours), A-Basin (4″), Wolf Creek (6″), Copper (7″), and Keystone (5″) — the first five out of the gates this season. Breckenridge opens on Friday, followed by Winter Park (November 17) and Vail (November 19). If you haven’t whipped…

The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls’ A-list traveling team 5280 Fight Club defeated the Charm City Rollergirls (Baltimore, MD), Gotham Girls Roller Derby (New York, NY) and the Oly Rollers (Olympia, WA) on their way to winning the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s national championships and the Hydra Trophy this weekend in…

Where to get some action this weekend? Where to begin? For starters, you’ll want to call in sick this morning and make it a three-day weekend: Copper Mountain opens today with its annual Lift Off party running through the weekend. Hit the slopes all day then stop by Jack’s at…

Getting ready to hit opening day tomorrow at Copper Mountain or Keystone? Stop by the Retro Room tonight, 2034 Larimer Street, for a Pre-Shred Kickoff Party and a raffle to benefit Burton Snowboards’ non-profit Chill Foundation. The Chill program partners with local non-profits serving at-risk and under-served youth each year…

In the great tradition of ski porn, there’s no name as porntastic as Powderwhore, the free-your-heel, free-your-mind company responsible for the new telemark ski epic TeleVision. It’s the company’s 6th film in as many years, and the Powderwhore film tour is making its way around Colorado this month with a…

Copper Mountain and Keystone both open on Friday — sick day, anyone? — which means it’s time to start waxing up the old sticks for early season snow conditions. If you’ve never done it yourself or need a refresher (or if you’re just looking to sip some wine and meet…

Shout it from the mountaintops: The Travel Channel announced this week that it has picked up First Ascent, a six-episode climbing and adventure travel series from Boulder-based filmmaker Peter Mortimer and his crew at Sender Films. First Ascent, co-produced by National Geographic International, has been winning big on the festival…

In addition to making feature-length flicks like STOP… Hammer Time!, Denver-based snowboard film crew SixEleven Productions releases weekly video episodes in its Ride With Us series every Sunday during snowboard season, which — now that Loveland, Arapahoe Basin, and Wolf Creek are all open — is officially now. This week’s…

It’s been dumping at Wolf Creek, a perfect excuse to get your tricks and treats on the slopes this weekend: Saturday is opening day, and 10 inches of new snow in the last few days means the Treasure, Bonanza, and Nova lifts will all be running. Early season lift tickets…