Outdoors & Rec

Mindy Sink’s second edition of Walking Denver arrived just in time for summer adventures in the Mile High City.

A visitor to Denver discovers the joys of a park in the heart of the city.

To celebrate over four feet of snow that has fallen this month, Amtrak and Winter Park Resort are offering half-price tickets for this weeked for 24 hours, starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, February 21, 2018.

The outdoor industry’s largest annual event debuts in Denver this week: Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show 2018. Here are seven ways you, too, can get in on the action.

Evergreen is rated as one of the top ten rinks in the country; it’s definitely on our list of the top five.

Silverton Mountain kicks off its sixteenth season with guided skiing — and a big New Year’s weekend — on Thursday, December 28.

After a fall with disappointing snow, Powderhorn — on Western Colorado’s Grand Mesa, 45 minutes from Grand Junction — will finally open on Saturday, December 23. Here are five things you need to know about Powderhorn.

Sunlight finally opened on December 21. Here are five things to know about the resort in the 2017-2018 season.

Telluride opened its 45th season on November 23 with expanded snow-making and grooming operations across the mountain and the opening of new beginner terrain for first-timer lessons. Later in the season, the resort will marks its 35th annual Women’s Ski & Wellness Week (February 4-8) and the return of the…

Because of the unseasonably warm weather, Vail had to postpone its opening day. But since Thanksgiving, the mountain has been going strong. Here are five things you need to know about Vail this season.

Steamboat Ski Resort opened on Wednesday, November 22, kicking off the first season under new ownership: KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown & Company. Here are five things to know about Steamboat this season.

WOLF CREEK wolfcreekski.com 970-264-5639 Wolf Creek was projected to open for weekends starting November 11, with a full opening dependent on snow conditions. Never fear: The ski area, whose motto is “the most snow in Colorado,” got hammered with over 440 inches last season, so pay close attention to the…

Purgatory opened on November 18. Here are five things you need to know about Purgatory for the 2017-2018 season.

Winter Park opens for the 2017-2018 ski season on November 15; it’s the resorts first year as part of a $1.5 billion deal that gave Aspen Skiing Company and KSL Partners control of Winter Park, Steamboat and a group of other resorts previously owned by Intrawest.

Trails near Denver are overrun with hikers all summer long. But once the weather cools, it’s possible to have a sense of solitude hiking not too far from the city.

On the third weekend in August, Guanella Pass was invaded by a gaggle of guys in leathers with sparks coming from their hands. This was not a hair-band reunion concert, but a downhill skateboard race that drew an international roster of 147 competitors.

Cocona, a Boulder-based manufacturer of 37.5 Technology, opened the Cliffside Shop 300 feet above the ground on the Bastille Wall in Eldorado Canyon.

When I was first asked to join in on the debut Denver adventure of Camp No Counselors (CNC), a company that hosts adult three-day sleepaway camps around the country, it was pretty much an instant “yes.”

Andrew Hamilton just set his third Nolan’s 14 record, beating a challenge that dares adventurers to summit as many fourteeners as possible in the Sawatch Range, in Chaffee and Lake counties, in sixty continuous hours.

Colorado is one of the most prone U.S. locations for lightning fatalities. Here’s why, and how you can stay safe this summer.

Vicky Foster and her crew––including around 20 llamas––have been hauling thousands of pounds of gear to the Hope Pass Aid Station every summer for thirty years in support of the Leadville Trail 100.

Coloradans love this state’s hot springs. Most people go to hot springs to relax, but lately I’ve begun to feel we’re not all on the same page. With that in mind, here’s a hot-springs etiquette list so that you can fit in like a native.