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CLIMBING
Saturday-Sunday
Lead climbing weekend; in Boulder area; for experienced climbers; learn about effective gear placement, maximizing safety and then try “mock-leads” (leading with a top-rope backup); course focuses on traditional climbing; $175.
CYCLING
Mountain and road
Thursday
10th PowerAde Pinnacle Summer Race Series; weekly 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
Saturday
Fifth annual Durango MTB 100; in Durango; begins at the base of Durango Mountain Resort and climbs to 11,500 feet in elevation; 100-mile, 100K or 50K courses; 6:30 a.m.; $75 to $175.
Colorado Cyclist Copper Triangle Alpine Classic; 78-mile loop cresting three mountain passes – Fremont Pass, Tennessee Pass and Vail Pass; starts at Copper Mountain; $90-$105.
Intermediate/advanced mountain bike clinic; at Golden Gate State Park near Golden; learn how to bunny-hop, climb steeps, take drops without fear, turn tighter corners, ride over logs, and navigate obstacles like bridges and loose gravel; $90.
Sunday-Aug. 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.
Monday
Summit County Cruisers; on Dillon Bike Path; 6:30 p.m.; all ages; free. 866-503-3400
Aug. 8
Beaver Creek Blast Mountain Bike Race in Beaver Creek; by the Vail Recreation District.
HIKING/BACKPACKING
Saturday
Climb Colorado’s Fourteeners; 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. 12
Cooley Lake nature walk; at South Platte Park in Littleton; ages 5-adult; explore Cooley Lake wildlife area on a naturalist-guided walk; free. 303-730-1022
Aug. 12-18
Learning your wildflowers hike with Colorado Trail Foundation; weeklong classes and hikes; near Lake City at the CTF Education Center.
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
Sunday-Aug. 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
Sept. 1-3
Colorado River Canoe Trip; from Grand Junction to Westwater, Utah; with Bernie Kendall and Mike Willis from the White Water Canoe Co.; through Ruby and Horsethief canyons; no experience necessary; gear provided. 970-350-9400
Sept. 5-9
Writing from the river’s edge tour; starts and ends in Grand Junction; canoeing retreat with novelist and poet Page Lambert; appropriate for writers and canoeists of all levels; course travels into Labyrinth Canyon of Utah’s Green River; $850.
RUNNING
Saturday
Sue DiNapoli Ovarian Cancer Awareness Walk; at Palmer Lake; 3-mile walk; $10 to $20; 9 a.m.
Granby Gut Buster 5K; at Granby; 9 a.m.; $15 to $65.
Sunday
Evergreen Town Race 5K and 10K; in Evergreen; $25; 8 a.m.
Nov. 10
Mesa State 37K RimRock Run; gate to gate through the Colorado National Monument, outside Grand Junction; 8 a.m.rimrockrun.org or 970-243-4055
TRAIL RUNNING
Wednesday
“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
Saturday
Mucky Duck 5K Splash; at Green Mountain Falls; 7 a.m.; $25.
GoLite Indian Peaks 10K Trail Run; at Nederland; limited to 400 participants; 8 a.m.; $25.
Mount Werner Classic; at Steamboat Ski Resort; 12-mile and 5-mile runs; 8 a.m.; $28.
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
Saturday
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.
Saturday-Sunday
Dillon Open Regatta Sailing Races; at Dillon Marina; the United States’ highest-altitude sailboat races; race times vary.
303-629-6342 or
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
Aug. 9
Sailing evening at Chatfield; dinner and socializing at the restaurant at the marina starts at 5 p.m. with a short meeting and then an evening sail at 7 p.m.; for adults 18 and up; $7.
TRIATHLON/DUATHLON
Thursday
Boulder Stroke & Stride No. 9; at Boulder Reservoir Swim Beach; 6 p.m.; one-lap 750-meter swim or two-lap 1,500-meter swim followed by 5K run on the reservoir dam; also Aug. 9; $17 to $27.
Saturday
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.
Durango Triathlon; at Durango Rec Center; 500-yard swim, 13-mile bike ride and 5K run; 8:30 a.m.; $65 to $115; 8:30 a.m..
970-375-7300 or
Sunday
Tri for the Cure-A Women’s Triathlon to Benefit Susan G. Komen For the Cure; at Cherry Creek State Park, Aurora; 750-meter swim, 20K bike, 5K run; for women only; 7 a.m. triforthecure-denver.com
