Dude ranches, vineyards and hay rides may be just the tip of the iceberg in Colorado as the state ramps up to increase tourism through promoting farms, ranches and other agricultural attractions as destinations. The Colorado Tourism Office and Department of Agriculture released an Agritourism Strategic Plan on April 25 [...]
Everyone knows about Colorado skiing, but once the snow melts and spring runoff calms, summer calls visitors and locals alike to the mountains, trails and, for the adventurous, ziplines. Buena Vista – This small and often mispronounced town (hint – it’s not Spanish) boasts Ava’s Zip Line Tours, with seven [...]
High Pointing No, you don’t need a snowmobile. High Pointing is bagging the highest point in any given region and you don’t have to be in a mountain range. This sport is normally played outdoors, hitting the peaks of a town’s highest bluff, county’s tallest ridgeline or state’s highest mountain, [...]
The Colorado Trail just got a little more spectacular with the addition of an 80-mile segment through the Collegiate Peaks. The addition creates a 160-mile loop that The Colorado Trail Foundation expects to become a popular multi-day hike or ride among a dozen of the state’s 14,000-foot mountains. The new [...]
Lightweight and unsupportive, minimalist running shoes allow the foot to work the way nature intended. The “barefoot” running movement has grown in popularity with some users touting injury reduction, better endurance and faster paces. Minimal running shoes provide an incredible amount of tactile sensation to the foot and force runners [...]
So you’ve been climbing once or twice. Maybe you tried it out at a gym or with friends at a local crag. Regardless, you’ve decided it’s time to take the plunge and become a climber yourself. One of the first pieces of equipment new climbers purchase are shoes. Yet selecting [...]
For the fit trail runner, Nordic skier or alpine charger, the idea of Ski Mountaineering, also known as SkiMo Racing, may get the gears turning. For many mountain folks in the United States it’s a relatively new pursuit that combines many strenuous passions: uphill skiing, route finding, downhill skiing and [...]
With the unfortunate diagnosis of a stress fracture to the second metatarsus in 2012, World Cup Nordic Champion Kikkan Randall spent much of the summer in a cast and was limited in her workout choices even as the first races of the 2013 race season approached.
Panting for air and slapping my gloved hands against my chest, I looked up the snow-covered, rocky ravine and willed myself to take one…more…step. It was day two of the Ultimate Mountain Challenge, a three-day competition composed of a 10-kilometer Nordic ski race, a marathon-length Ski Mountaineering contest and a [...]