Aspen Snowmass Is Open: Here’s What’s New in 2016
This year, Aspen Skiing Company dropped $9 million into infrastructure and capital projects to make it even better.
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Start your day at the new Coal Breaker Coffee shop, inside the Treasury Center hub at the base area.
Ten Strains We’re Grateful for This Thanksgiving
While mom’s in the kitchen obsessing over her cranberry sauce and grandpa’s watching football on the couch, we’ll be upstairs taking a quick hit from one of our favorite strains. Whether you’re in the mood for the sour flavor of Super Lemon Haze or stanky smell of Girl Scout Cookies,…
Steamboat Ski Resort Is Open: Here’s What’s New in 2016
November 23 is opening day at Steamboat, and by longstanding tradition, it’s also Scholarship Day with discounted lift tickets benefiting the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Scholarship Fund.
Winter Park Is Open: Here’s What’s New in 2016
Winter Park’s “Seven Territories” started opening on November 23, including Winter Park and its Terrain Park system and famed race and mogul courses. Mary Jane, Vasquez Ridge, Eagle Wind, Parsenn Bowl and, in the resort’s farthest reaches, the double-black-diamond zone known as the Cirque — accessible to hikers and served by a snowcat shuttle service — will all open as conditions allow.
Purgatory Resort Is Open: Here’s What’s New in 2016
In this year’s edition of Edge, our snow-activities guide to resorts in Colorado, we’ve told you about what’s new at every major ski area in the state, must-do experiences and insider tips.
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Black Lives Matter 5280 Recaps Trip to Standing Rock to Oppose Oil Pipeline
“For us, the same law enforcement that’s being employed to brutalize sovereign [indigenous] nations is simply an extension of the forces being used to brutalize and terrorize [black] communities.”
Marijuana vs. Hemp: What’s the Difference?
Marijuana may be the main attraction for many in the cannabis world, but Colorado also leads the way in hemp cultivation. In fact, as of this week, there are approximately 400 active industrial hemp businesses registered with the state’s Department of Agriculture. Still, misconceptions around the differences (or lack thereof) between…
Will Smith’s One-Man Denver LGBTQ Nightclub Safety Campaign
For more than a year, numerous major Denver LGBTQ venues have received regular reports about crimes at or near their establishments and others like them across the Denver metro area. But while the data is drawn from Denver Police Department statistics, DPD representatives aren’t compiling or distributing it. The person…
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Twelve Denver Metro Cities With Lowest, Highest One-Bedroom Rents
While some surveys suggest that overall Denver rent prices have plateaued or are going down, that’s not universally true. Indeed, rents are still rising in some Denver neighborhoods. Likewise, prices for a one-bedroom apartment vary widely in different communities across the Denver metro area. That’s among the takeaways from Zumper’s…
Why Colorado Tokers Love Bubbleberry
Well, that was an interesting start to November. While the country argued with itself and my Facebook feed became full of hot takes, misinformation and vitriol (don’t blame the media when you’re so good at getting it wrong all by yourself), I was ready to roast a bone and wait…
Jury: Anthony Sena Killed His Grandma Rather Than Fix Her Roof
Update: Last December, we reported about the arrest of Anthony Sena. As we reported, a months-long search conducted by the family of 77-year-old victim Susan Hernandez had led straight to him — her own grandson. Our previous coverage has been incorporated into this post. At the time Sena was taken into…
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City Council Rejects Contentious Historic Designation of Jefferson Park Home
In a victory for proponents of property rights, the Denver City Council on Monday, November 21, rejected historic designation for Judith Battista’s Jefferson Park home.
How Peak Performance Is Taking Denver Employees to New Heights
When Michael Hancock ran for mayor in 2011, part of his platform called for changing the way Denver government interacted with its constituents. “We wanted to be the most globally competitive city, so we had to get better from the inside out,” Hancock explains. “We needed an innovative way to get at old vestiges of thinking in city government. We want a city built for 2016, not 1916.” The result was Peak Performance, which is winning awards and accolades around the county.
Oops: Medical Marijuana Won’t Be Taxed in California Until 2018
Marijuana legalization is going more smoothly in some states than in others. A major reason four more states legalized recreational marijuana this year is the tax revenue that pot brings in. Last year, Colorado collected over $70 million in tax revenue from marijuana — nearly double the $42 million brought…
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Ten Types of Lyft Passengers You Meet in Denver
When I first heard of the Hertz Express Ride program, it sounded too good to be true. Not only would Hertz rent you a car to give rides to people around the city through Lyft, but the car would be free if you gave seventy rides a week. I recently…
How Aspen’s Kari Aaeng Almost Dodged Jail Time for Her Fifth DUI
Today’s Schmuck of the Week lesson: Schmuckiness can be stealthy. Take Kari Aaeng, a 54-year-old from Aspen who hardly fits the image of a chronic drunk driver. Which is precisely what she is. Aaeng was recently arrested for driving while just shy of four times over the legal intoxication limit…
Ask a Stoner: How to Stay High on the Sly at Thanksgiving
Dear Stoner: I voted to legalize marijuana, but I’m getting tired of smelling pot around town, and this new law allowing people to smoke outside of their homes is only going to make it worse. Is all of Denver going up in smoke? Worried Dear Worried: The hope is that…
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The Twenty Best Small Cities in America, Including Three in Colorado
Denver gets a lot of love from list-makers, as witnessed by the community being named the best place to live in America by U.S. News & World Report earlier this year. But Colorado is hardly a one-city state. As evidence, eyeball WalletHub’s roster of 2016’s Best Small Cities in America. The…
Ex-Cop James Ashby’s Journey From Rage-aholic to Murderer
In October 2014, Jack Jacquez was killed by James Ashby, a member of the Rocky Ford Police Department. Afterward, Ashby was charged with murder — a rare occurrence for a police officer whose actions had taken place while he was on the job. Yet the shooting didn’t get much national…
Chromic Con: Where Marijuana and Superheroes Collide
Cannabis and comic book culture collided this weekend at the third annual Chromic Con. On Saturday November 19, the Speakeasy Vape Lounge and Cannabis Club hosted the original marijuana-friendly comic book convention. People came dressed as their favorite fantasy characters, poured over comic books and graphic novels, and socialized while smoking their favorite herb.
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Ten Rules for Protesting in Denver
For many, 2016 has been one enormous bummer. There are suddenly and shockingly almost too many outrages to address, and so people have taken to the streets both here in Denver and across the country.