All Stories
New Montbello Open Space Park gets climbing wall from The North Face
A climbing wall coming to a new park in Denver鈥檚 Montbello neighborhood is the first in The North Face's "Walls Are Meant For Climbing" campaign, the first of at least...
Outdoor industry’s gender equity grows as companies elevate women
With women unleashing their power in Hollywood and technology industries grappling to advance women into top offices, outdoor businesses -- which gather this week in Denver for the Outdoor Retailer...
Outdoor industry blends business, advocacy at new Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show
When Denver landed the Outdoor Retailer trade show last year, organizers promised not just a new location but a new vibe. This week, the influential trade show arrives at the...
From a remote cabin in the snowy hills above Crested Butte, Billy Barr’s historical records make him an accidental apostle among climate researchers
Bill Barr began taking climate notes in 1974 out of boredom, recording record high and low temperatures, new snow, snow-water equivalent and snowpack depth. His trove of data has made...
Kingsbury Pitcher, ski area pioneer and beloved owner of Wolf Creek, dies at age 98
Kingsbury Pitcher, the owner of Wolf Creek ski area who developed New Mexico's Ski Apache, Ski Santa Fe and helped design Snowmass, dies at age 98.
Airbnb hosts in Colorado earn $183 million from 1.2 million guests in 2017
Colorado homeowners who rented their properties last year on Airbnb earned $183 million from 1.2 million guests. That抖阴ap a 68 percent annual increase in number of guests, revealing the explosive...
“A matter of frustration” led most of the National Park System Advisory Board to resign
Frustration. That抖阴ap what led nine of 12 members of the National Park System Advisory Board to resign Monday, joining a chorus of irked panelists across the country who have spent...
Telluride’s Gus Kenworthy wins slopestyle contest in Snowmass, elevating his chances to compete in PyeongChang Olympics
Telluride freeskier Gus Kenworthy wins slopestyle at Snowmass Grand Prix, elevating his hopes to compete in both halfpipe and slopestyle at the PyeongChang Olympics.
Winter Park was correct in keeping veteran’s service dog off chairlift, state Civil Rights Commission rules
The Colorado Civil Rights Commission has dismissed a woman鈥檚 complaint against Winter Park ski area, which did not allow her service dog to ride a chairlift to the top of...
Snow is finally piling up in Crested Butte, but it’s nothing like the “Snowmageddon” of 2017
That audible sigh of relief from up high, evoked by long-awaited snowfall last week, was loudest in this end-of-the-road ski town. A year ago, Crested Butte was buried.