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March 17, 2010 Like 0 Chris Hawkins

When you stay at the YMCA at Snow Mountain Ranch, you can be whatever you want to be—a Nordic skier, a snowshoer, a sledder, a swimmer, a climber, a cowboy, an ice-skater, roller-skater, an archer or artist. You can worship…

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If These Slopes Could Talk

February 12, 2010 Like 0 Chris Hawkins

Outfitted in all-white pants, parka, skis and poles, the men of the 10th Mountain Division looked ghostly as they skied the slopes of Cooper Hill. Their leather boots, only ankle high, fit into a binding with a simple toe strap…

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Paper Trail

September 10, 2009 Like 0 Chris Hawkins

Cooler temperatures, fewer thunderstorms and the brilliant burst of aspens make September the ideal month for mountain biking. Here are three rides that offer miles of fantastic scenery and the comforting crunch of fallen leaves.

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Colorado in Bloom

August 17, 2009 Like 0 Chris Hawkins

Wildflowers are like movie stars—usually beautiful and each with varying roles to play. Some play important parts with lasting effects. Some use others to advance themselves noxiously. Others are perennially naughty. Like Hollywood, the Front Range offers a bit of…

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Outdoors: Rules of the Road

July 21, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Dear Cyclists: Before singing “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah!” about Colorado’s new bike safety law, consider a few things. The primary component of the law prescribes a three-foot passing distance between motorist and rider. A defined separation when passing is a good place to…

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Love at First Site

June 14, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Yosemite. 1979. Car camping with my family was a cross between the Brady Bunch and The Blair Witch Project. After sitting around the fire eating s’mores and listening to ghost stories, we climbed into the tent, exhausted from hiking. All…

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Bird’s Eye View

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Birds give me—and you, if you choose to accept this assignment—something to look at and think about on walks, runs, drives. You just need to be aware. They’re dependable—they’re always out there. They don’t demand anything from you.

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Ready to Ride

April 12, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

For three years, I rode with anonymous partners: snarling, four-legged beasts who, from under their rickety porches, sprinted ferociously across their yards toward my pedaling legs. Those rural Alabama dogs were just medieval. Yelling “Git!” and squirting them with water…

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Take a hike…In the Snow

February 7, 2009 Like 0 dokrider

Snowshoeing isn’t rocket science. It’s hiking. Only in colder temperatures. That’s the lesson taken from a recent jaunt up and over the Moffat Tunnel just outside of Rollinsville. Well that, and there’s yet another way to enjoy pristine snow and…

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By Snowmobile: There’s Actually A $5 Lift Ticket Available

January 2, 2008 Like 0 editor

The cheapest lift ticket in Colorado is a mere $5. It comes at a winter recreation haven that never has a lift line and offers a virtual guarantee for fresh turns. And you don’t even have to slap on your…