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Breckenridge, Colorado — Breckenridge Ski Resort. Imperial Superchair can be seen at a higher point above treeline on the left peak. Photo Credit: skibreck (iStock).

A Map of Colorado’s Ski Resorts

Did you know there are more than 20 ski resorts in Colorado? That gives you a ton of options when it comes to finding the right place to ski or snowboard. Below you’ll find a map of where they’re […]

Paint Mines Christian Murdock Gazette — Paint Mines. Photo Credit: Christian Murdock; The Gazette

A shot like no other for Colorado’s photographers

They keep their eyes on the sky, watching the stars shimmer and disappear. Driving east, they wonder about their fortunes. Will they get the celestial show they seek? Now an eerie fog settles over […]

Red Mountain Pass Christian Murdock Gazette — Red Mountain Pass. Photo Credit: Christian Murdock; The Gazette

What it’s like to plow Colorado’s most dangerous highway

For the plow drivers on Red Mountain Pass, avalanches are normal. So, too, are whiteout conditions so blinding that the only markers keeping them from tumbling off the state’s most treacherous […]

Spencer McKee Crossing the Devil's Causeway — Crossing the Devil's Causeway.

Wild Colorado Found on Trek to Devil’s Causeway

Remote. Rugged. Rewarding. I had just parked my tiny coupe at the end of a long, gravel road in the middle of the Flat Tops Wilderness. It had been a bumpy ride to the trailhead from Yampa, Colorado, […]

Semi trucks stuck on I-25 Jerilee Bennett — Semi trucks stuck on I-25. Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett.

Woman describes getting stranded for 12 hours in Colorado bomb cyclone

Stuck on a six-lane parking lot for 12 hours, Margaret Radford couldn’t even force her driver’s door open against howling winds at points on Wednesday. Radford was one of hundreds of people […]

plow on snowy road Jerilee Bennett Gazette — Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett.

What is a “bomb cyclone”?

A major storm is hammering much of eastern Colorado on Wednesday and it has triggered questions about an alarming term: bomb cyclone. The official term is “bombogenesis,” and it’s used to […]

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plow on snowy road Jerilee Bennett Gazette — Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett.

Features

What is a “bomb cyclone”?

BY Kaitlin Durbin, The Colorado Springs Gazette

Ski Area Operations freshman grooms a jump at Colorado Mountain College — A Ski Area Operations freshman grooms a jump at Colorado Mountain College. Photo Credit: Kelsey Brunner; The Gazette.

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Colorado campus at 10,200 feet aims to produce the ski industry’s best

BY Seth Boster

Breckenridge Colorado

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New Epic Pass options offer military discount, discounted day tickets in Colorado

BY Seth Boster

File photo. Photo Credit: MarianVejcik (iStock).

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What does it mean when a “traction law” is active on Colorado’s roads?

BY Spencer McKee

Greg Cummings on the Manitou Incline Christian Murdock Gazette — Greg Cummings on the Manitou Incline. Photo Credit: Christian Murdock; The Gazette

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Will this man break the record for most Manitou Incline ascents in a year?

BY Seth Boster

The Springs Resort and Spa - OutThere Colorado

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72 Hours of Weekend Fun in Pagosa Springs, CO

BY Haley Kieser; Guest post

Girls That Shred

Donnelle Johnson and Lisa Thompson stand over an elk — Donnelle Johnson and Lisa Thompson stand over an elk. Courtesy photo.

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Don’t tell these women Colorado hunting “is for men”

BY Seth Boster

Plane in Flight - courtesy of Renee Geary - OutThere Colorado — Renee Geary flying a plane in the skies above Colorado. Photo courtesy of Renee Geary.

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Girls that Shred: Meet Renee Geary

BY Sammy Blair

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Girls that Shred: Meet Annelise Loevlie, CEO of Icelantic Skis

BY Sophie Goodman

Mascarenas Family - Vail GoPro Mountain Games - OutThere Colorado — Tina Mascarenas, Alexis Mascarenas, Megan Mascarenas, and Staci Stuter pose for a family picture at the 2015 Vail GoPro Mountain Games. Photo Credit: Eric Oberlander.

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Girls that Shred: Meet the Mascarenas Family

BY Alyssa Wendt

Bethany Lebewitz - Brown Girls Climb - courtesy of Bethany Lebewitz - OutThere Colorado — Bethany Lebewitz with a crew from Brown Girls Climb. Photo courtesy of Bethany Lebewitz.

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Girls that Shred: Meet Bethany Lebewitz

BY Emily Morris

Del Norte - Trail Running - OutThere Colorado-85 — Summit of a trail run in Del Norte, Colorado. Photo Credit: Stephen Martin, OutThere Colorado.

Backpacking

Girls that Shred: 6 Women’s Outdoor Activity Clinics in Colorado

BY Emma Murray

The First Diaries

The First Diaries

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The First Diaries: That Time I Hiked My First Thirteener

BY Haley Gray

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The First Diaries: That Time I Tried Mountain Biking

BY Haley Gray

The First Diaries - Rock Climbing - Haley Gray

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The First Diaries: That Time I Learned to Belay

BY Haley Gray

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College Outside: How to Literally Major in Mountains

Climbing - College Outside — Photo courtesy of College Outside.

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College Outside: The Outdoors-Loving Hypocrite

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College Outside: How to Plan Your First Real River Trip

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College Outside: Advice for Finding Your First Pair of Climbing Shoes

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College Outside: The Right Jacket to Pack on Any Adventure

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College Outside: Education Through Experience, Importance of a Gap Year