Category Archives: Colorado

Flight School

Craig DeMartino wrote this on Monday, November 30th, 2009

Categorized as Ambassadors, Colorado, Skiing, Training Flight School

“Just point ‘em.”
“What?!”

That was how the day was shaping up. I was standing on top of a 35-foot SnowFlex ramp in Copper Mountain’s new indoor jumping facility called Woodward. The young guy who just gave [...]

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Guns Roaring at Snowmass

Reed Lewis wrote this on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Categorized as Ambassadors, Colorado, Fall, Skiing Guns Roaring at Snowmass

Greetings from Snowmass Village, Colo. After a long shoulder season here, fall has given way to winter in the Roaring Fork Valley. The snow guns are fired up to add to the nearly 30 inches [...]

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My New Riding Partner

Craig DeMartino wrote this on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Categorized as Ambassadors, Colorado, Dogs, Mountain Biking

It’s not easy to get motivated some days to do anything. Even living where I live, in beautiful Colorado, it can be tough. With all the heavy trauma I went through after a climbing accident [...]

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Moving Through

Craig DeMartino wrote this on Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Categorized as Ambassadors, Climbing, Colorado

I got the call we all dread while I was standing in a hotel in California at the beginning of a week-long pack trip. My friend Brad was choked up, his voice breaking, and I [...]

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Basalt, CO Bags Reusable Tote Title

Jim Stanford wrote this on Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Categorized as Causes, Colorado, JS, Warming of the Globe

In Basalt, Colo., canvas is the clear choice over paper or plastic.
The small town of 2,681 residents at the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan rivers is the winner of the Colorado Association [...]

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Livin’ Da Dream (and wearin’ da gear)

Andrew M. Israel wrote this on Friday, May 15th, 2009

Categorized as Colorado, Gear, Lifestyle

Some lifestyle words to get the weekend started….
The Aspen Ideal; it’s a concept first attributed to famed industrialist Walter Paepcke in the1940’s.
Paepcke saw the Rocky Mountain splendor of Aspen, Colorado as a place for people [...]

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Center of the (Outdoor) Universe?

Penn Newhard wrote this on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Categorized as Colorado, Festivals

Boulder, CO? Jackson, WY? Ogden, UT? Asheville, NC?

Carbondale: more than your average cowtown.

It has self-appointed beautiful people, hipster culture and scenic backdrops. The search for the next great outdoor mecca/center of the universe has ended. [...]

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A new addition to the Milennium Boulder?

Chuck Fryberger wrote this on Friday, March 20th, 2009

Categorized as Adventures, Climbing, Colorado

As the snow melts and the sun shines, Cloudveil athlete Chuck Fryberger gives the sleeper climber in each of us a little inspiration.
Last weekend was blessed with cool temps and good climbing conditions. Saturday, [...]

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Three buried and Self Rescued in Colorado

Penn Newhard wrote this on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Categorized as Avalanche, Avalanche Awareness, Colorado, News

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center released an official report of a skier and two backcountry snowboarders who set off a slide and self rescued near the Eiseman Hut north of Vail on 1/16/09.
With Winter 08/09 [...]

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First Ascent: David Bowie

Chuck Fryberger wrote this on Friday, January 30th, 2009

Categorized as Climbing, Colorado

Sunday, a few weeks back, was a perfect day of bouldering in the Flatirons. My friends Justin Jaeger, Andy Mann, Ben Scott, and TJ Burchfield came out and we went north from Eldorado Canyon to [...]

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