CLIMBING
Today
Intro to Climbing; Boulder Rock Club’s four-week course; class meets four consecutive Tuesdays, starting Oct. 9; participants receive free one-month membership plus free gear rentals during course; $140 to $175; 7-9 p.m. 303-447-2804 or
Wednesday
Belay Basics; Boulder Rock Club course; $32 to $40; 6-8 p.m.
303-447-2804 or
Intermediate Climbing Technique; Boulder Rock Club’s four-week course; class meets four consecutive Wednesdays, starting Oct. 10; $140 to $175; 7-9 p.m. 303-447-2804 or
Saturday-Sunday
Vedauwoo Crack Climbing; in Vedauwoo, Wyo.; learn the techniques and tricks for jamming finger cracks, hand cracks, fist cracks, offwidths, chimneys, and more; $425.
800-836-4008 ext.3 or
Oct. 18
Learn to lead climb indoors; Boulder Rock Club class conducted every third Thursday of the month, $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers; 7-9 p.m.
303-447-2804 or
Oct. 19-20
Multipitch Climbing Clinic; in Estes Park; Colorado Mountain School clinic includes educational evening at the Boulder Rock Club before an exciting day of multipitch climbing; $270.
800-836-4008 or
Oct. 20
Top Rope Anchor Clinic; in Boulder; first step to being an independent climber is learning how to set up top ropes, and Colorado Mountain School clinic teaches how to do it well; $170.
800-836-4008 or
Belay Basics; Boulder Rock Club course conducted first and third Saturday of each month; participants receive free one-week membership plus free gear rentals; $32 for members, $40 for nonmembers, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 303-447-2804 or
Oct. 20-26
Mountaineering seminar; Colorado Mountain School’s seven-day course turns novices into solid intermediate mountaineers; $1,475. 800-836-4008 or
CYCLING
Mountain and road
Saturday-Sunday
Seventh annual Gunni-Cross (ACA Cyclocross); first day in Gunnison’s Jorgensen Park, on BMX track; second day at Western State College on natural terrain; sanctioned by the ACA. 970-275-8191
Oct. 16-17, Oct. 24
Slide show; in Fort Collins (Oct. 16), Boulder (Oct. 17) and Denver (Oct. 24); Rick Price of ExperiencePlus! presents slides of pioneering bicycle tourists Annie Londonderry (first woman to pedal around the world, in the 1890s) and Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell (first American bicycle tourists in Italy, in 1884); free admission; 7 p.m. each night.800-685-4565 or
HIKING/
BACKPACKING
Oct. 20
Autumn nature hike; at South Platte Park, 3000 W. Carson Drive; see beautiful fall colors and learn about leaves; 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $5 to $25; children underyounger than 16 must be accompanied by a registered adult. 303-730-1022 or
RUNNING
Saturday
Band on the Run; 2-mile run/walk; near Smoky Hill High School in Aurora; $12 to $18; 9 a.m. 303-877-4211
Sunday
Fall Series 2007; races in Colorado Springs area; distances vary, 3.5 to 7 miles; other races in series Oct. 28 and Nov. 11; $8 to $12; 11:30 a.m.
Denver Marathon and half marathon; race starts and finishes in front of State Capitol; course goes past the Denver Public Library and Denver Art Museum, and loops its way through LoDo; postrace festival in Civic Center Park; $85 to $105.
Oct. 27
Fourth annual Denver Gorilla Run; starts and finishes at Wyn-
koop Brewery, 1634 18th St.; 5.6K race; registrants receive gorilla suit to keep; race start, 11 a.m.; $45 to $150.
Nov. 10
Mesa State 37K RimRock Run; gate to gate through the Colorado National Monument, outside Grand Junction; 8 a.m.
or 970-243-4055
SKATBOARDING/
MOUNTAINBOARDING
Saturday-Sunday
Triple Crown of Mountainboarding; in Colorado Springs; downhill and freestyle events; over $10,000 in cash and prizes; downhill race Saturday, freestyle event Sunday.
SKI AREA
OPENING DATES
Arapahoe Basin Mid to late Oct.
Aspen Highlands Dec. 8
Aspen Mountain Nov. 22
Beaver Creek Nov. 21
Breckenridge Nov. 9
Buttermilk Dec. 8
Copper Mountain Nov. 2
Crested Butte Nov. 17
Echo Mountain Dec. 1
Eldora Nov. 16
Howelsen Hill Dec. 1
Keystone Nov. 9
Loveland Mid to late Oct.
Monarch Mountain Nov. 21
Powderhorn Dec. 6
Purgatory (Durango) Dec. 1
Silverton Mountain TBD
Ski Cooper Nov. 22
Snowmass Nov. 22
Sol Vista Basin Dec. 19
Steamboat Nov. 21
Sunlight Nov. 30
Telluride Nov. 22
Vail Nov. 16
Winter Park/Mary Jane Nov. 14
Wolf Creek Nov. 2
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