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CLIMBING
Friday
DIVAS Rock Out climbing class; free; learn basics of outdoor climbing; conducted outside.
Sunday
Anchor DIVAS climbing class; learn to build anchors; introduction to placing gear, setting up toe rope anchors and climbing technique; $149.
CYCLING
Mountain and road
Wednesday
Lost Lake Loop Mountain Bike Race in Vail; by the Vail Recreation District.
Thursday
10th PowerAde Pinnacle Summer Race Series; weekly, every Thursday between July 12 and Aug. 9; recreational racing series; 12 racing categories, beginner to expert; varying lengths and difficulty; on Crested Butte’s network of trails and singletrack; 5:45 p.m. or 970-349-2221
Friday
Critical Mass; monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling; meets at 5:30 p.m. at Civic Center Park.
Friday-Sunday
Salida Omnium; time trial, road race, criterium and children’s race; in Salida.
Saturday
Sunrise Century; 100 miles, 80 miles and 45 miles; at Stazio Ballfields in Boulder; 6 a.m.
Sunday
25th Wray Elks Citizen Bike Road Races; a 34-mile race from Wray to Haigler, Neb., and back; also, a 14-mile race from Wray to Laird and back; $10; 7:30 a.m. 970-332-5080
Beaver Creek Colorado-Eagle River Ride; 100-mile, 100-kilometer and 42-mile courses; fully supported; $95-$115.
July 31-Aug. 5
Six-day downhill mountain bike camp with world champion racer Greg Minnaar and Gene Hamilton of BetterRide; in Angel Fire, N.M. or 970-261-1869
Aug. 4
Durango MTB 100; 50K, 100K or 100-mile mountain bike race in Durango.
Colorado Cyclist Copper Triangle Alpine Classic; 78-mile loop cresting three mountain passes – Fremont Pass, Tennessee Pass and Vail Pass; starts in Copper Mountain; $90-$105.
Aug. 5-11
Colorado Rocky Mountain Bicycle Tour; seven days of mountain riding; begins and ends in Gunnison; first leg is a 65-mile route from Gunnison to Montrose; then to Blue Mesa Reservoir, through Carbondale, Aspen, Leadville, Frisco and Salida. or info@crmbt.com
Aug. 8
Beaver Creek Blast Mountain Bike Race in Beaver Creek; by the Vail Recreation District.
Aug. 18-19
Fifth annual 24 Hours in the Sage; at Gunnison’s Hartman Rocks Multi-Use Recreation Area; a full-day relay; solo, duo teams and four- and five-person teams; men, women and coed; ride a 13-mile loop continuously from noon to noon; most laps wins; loop includes 14 trails, mostly singletrack with an 1,100-foot gain. or 303-507-1148
Ongoing
Guided Mountain Biking; at Devil’s Thumb Ranch in Tabernash; Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays; $35; includes bike and helmet rental; with intro to technique; all abilities.
Road bike rides every Saturday and Sunday along the Front Range, sponsored by Colorado HeartCycle; 20 to 100 miles; weather permitting; helmet required.
Mountain bike camps, private lessons and clinics with Better Ride; for recreation riders and racers; focus on core skills, balance, vision, cornering, energy management, obstacles, drops, etc.
Ride the ski slopes all summer; chairlift rides at Crested Butte Mountain Resort are available to bikers and hikers; trails include rolling singletrack to more advanced technical terrain; all ages; lifts open in mid-June through mid-August. or 970-349-2262
Road rides each weekend in the south Denver area hosted by the Highlands Ranch Cycling Club; intermediate to advanced; two to five hours; helmet required; free.
Beginner Mountain Bike Skills Class; various locations along the Front Range; first Sunday of every month; taught on a custom-made obstacle course; 8 a.m.; $80. 303-507-1148
Road ride each Saturday morning led by the staff of Bicycle Pedal’r bike shops in Highlands Ranch; 20 to 30 miles; weather permitting; open to all intermediate and advanced riders.
Road bike rides; weekday evenings and every weekend along the Front Range; 25 to 125 miles; intermediate to advanced; helmet required; hosted by the Rocky Mountain Cycling Club.
HIKING/BACKPACKING
Through Saturday
Learning your wildflowers hike with Colorado Trail Foundation; weeklong classes and hikes; also Sunday-Aug. 4 and Aug. 12-18; near Lake City at the CTF Education Center.
Aug. 4
Climb Colorado’s Fourteenders; Aug. 4 at Gray’s/Torrey’s Peak and Sept. 15 at Mount Elbert; with Greeley Tribune outdoors writer Dan England; by the Greeley Recreation Center. 970-350-9400
Aug. 20
L2S hiking and backpacking training; one gym/classroom session and one hike weekly to improve endurance and prevent injury; learn the basics of packing, nutrition and safety; eight-week program: $360, or $15 per class, $30 per hike. L2S-livehealthy.com or 720-352-3638
KAYAKING/RAFTING
Aug. 5-11
River Rats Camp for Teens with Canyonlands Field Institute; ages 13-18; start in Loma near Grand Junction and increase to Class III rapids in Westwater Canyon, Utah; workshop designed for beginning boaters, guided by licensed naturalist river guides; learn fundamentals of whitewater rafting and river-rescue skills, including reading the river, rowing and paddling techniques, self-rescue, and safety issues. or 435-259-7750
RUNNING
Saturday
24th annual Miramont Lifestyle Fitness Human Race 5K/10K; in Fort Collins; $24 to $30; 7 a.m.
Classic 10K & 5K Races; in Colorado Springs at Tiffany Square; children’s fun run; cash prizes; $22; 7 a.m.
Kid’s Cure for Cancer 5K run/walk; in Englewood at Inverness Park; $15 to $30; 8 a.m.
End of Watch Memorial 5K run/walk; in Aurora; 8:30 a.m.; $15 to $25; 303-877-8534
TRAIL RUNNING
Aug. 1
“Going the Distance” clinic; with Adam Chase, trail-running editor of Running Times magazine and manager-consultant for Salomon Trail Running Team; covers changes needed in a training regimen and strategies for injury prevention, gear, hydration and nutrition. 303-991-1851
Aug. 9
VRD Teva Vail Mountain Trail Run at Evergold; by the Vail Recreation District.
Aug. 12
Buffalo Creek 12K, part of La Sportiva Front Range Trail Frenzy Series; Golden Gate Canyon Trail Run 12.7-mile; also Aug. 12, Lookout Mountain Hill Climb 4.5-mile; $60 to $90; 8 a.m.
SAILING/SCUBA DIVING
Aug. 4
Dive Into Colorado 2007; at Aurora Reservoir; compete in underwater competitions; attend seminars with equipment, travel, and ecology specialists for trip-planning ideas; gear demos; $8; 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 7-28
Scuba Diving Adventures for beginners; with Ron Bland from Tortuga Bay of Greeley; become certified as an open-water diver; with confined water training and open-water evaluation; three sessions of Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 970-350-9400
TRIATHLON/DUATHLON
Sunday
Crested Butte Bank Xterra; triathlon, solo and team; 1K swim, 24K mountain bike and 9K trail run; 9 a.m.; includes a pro category; ages 15 and older; swim in Grant Lake, bike on singletrack. or triathlon@crestedbuttebank.com
Aug. 4
GoLite Indian Peaks DirtFest; off-road triathlon and 10K trail run; at Eldora Mountain Resort in Nederland; triathlon is a 750-meter swim in Eldora’s alpine lake, a 20K mountain bike ride and 5K trail run; $25 to $55.
MISCELLANEOUS
Today-Saturday
Paul Mitchell U.S. Open Mountainboarding Championships; at Snowmass Mountain; dirt boardercross and dirt slopestyle competitions; free concert and outdoor movie; mountainboard gear demos. 303-886-1812
