Angela Ufheil, Assistant Editor

Angela Ufheil co-creates the Compass, Adventure, and Culture sections of 5280 and writes for 5280.com. Before joining the 5280 team, she worked at Midwest Living and covered breaking news for the Des Moines Register. Her writing has also appeared in Elle and Men’s Journal. Ufheil grew up in Illinois and studied writing and magazine journalism at Drake University in Iowa. While not reading, writing, and editing, she can be found running, biking, or making gluten free pasta from scratch while listening to podcasts or Janelle Monáe.

Author Article Archive

Rose Medical Center Is Showing Its Staff Some Extra Love

The newly opened Wellness Lounge at Rose Medical Center focuses on the health and wellness of the nurses and hospital staff.

By Angela Ufheil

This Start-Up Is Making Life Easier for First-Time Skiers

Slope Threads mails "soft" rental gear, like jackets and snow pants, right to your door.

By Angela Ufheil

A Guide to Silverton’s Wild West Downtown

Skijoring returns to Silverton this month—here's why you should go, too.

By Angela Ufheil

Real Estate Watch: The Lakehouse in Sloan’s Lake

The first building in Colorado to pursue a new wellness certification, the Lakehouse may change the face of development—for the healthier.

By Angela Ufheil

Indoor Skydiving Is a Sport, and One of the Best Flyers Lives in Colorado

How a sport on the rise is drafting off the fanciful flights of a 12-year-old bodyflight athlete.

By Angela Ufheil

If You Fear the Dentist, We Have Good News

An anesthetic invented in Fort Collins could change the face of dentistry—by way of the nose.

By Angela Ufheil

How to Find the Best Colorado Therapist For You

Two Mile High City mental health professionals tell you how.

By Angela Ufheil

Why Local Therapists are Worried about Sports Betting in Colorado

Because of the risk for gambling-addicted patients, local mental health pros think we might not be ready.

By Angela Ufheil

This Local Hospital Could Make Your Surgery Recovery Easier

St. Joseph's pre- and post-op practices mean better outcomes for patients.

By Angela Ufheil

The European Refugee Crisis Inspired This Denver Artist’s Latest Collection

Artist Calvin Lee will donate 90 percent of the money he makes during December’s First Friday Art Walk to the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, which provides free legal services to immigrants in the United States.

By Angela Ufheil

This New Technology Will Help CDOT Manage Avalanches

The Colorado Department of Transportation is using infrared bi-oculars to help with avalanche mitigation at night, hoping to prevent high-mountain passes from being buried during the day.

By Angela Ufheil

How This Local Production Company Climbed Into the Big Leagues

Peter Mortimer, president of Sender Films, a Boulder-based film production company, shares how he became the king of climbing inspiration.

By Angela Ufheil

First Timer’s Guide: Silverthorne

If you’ve been treating Silverthorne as a mere outlet-mall shopping destination or a quick rest-stop on the way to Vail or Breckenridge, it’s time to take another look.

By Angela Ufheil

This Innovative Cast Could Save Your Winter

A Pueblo company is 3D-printing a waterproof cast out of the same material as Lego bricks.

By Angela Ufheil

Professional Wrestling Is on the Rise in Denver

These four WWE-style promotions are leading the charge.

By Angela Ufheil

Gift Guide 2018: From Colorado With Love

We asked some of our favorite local tastemakers about the presents they’re planning to give—or hoping to receive—this holiday season. Of course, we couldn’t resist adding our own Centennial State recommendations, too.

By Angela Ufheil

How Justice Brett Kavanaugh Could Impact Choice in Colorado

While Colorado is known for unrestricted access to reproductive healthcare and abortion, local advocates still worry about the impact a right-leaning Supreme Court could have on services and providers.

By Angela Ufheil

Visit the Colorado Sets of These Scary-Bad Movies

Love campy horror films? This story is for you.

By Angela Ufheil

The Battle to End the Counterfeiting of Native American Art

It's illegal to sell art as Native American-made when it's not. So why are fraudsters making millions of dollars?

By Angela Ufheil

New Book Reveals the Secrets and History of Navajo Weaving

A Denver-based weaver and her sister interviewed 20 Navajo artists across the Southwest for this intimate—and heartbreaking—anthology.

By Angela Ufheil

What Grandoozy Looked Like in 10 Photos

We spent the weekend taking in all Grandoozy had to offer—from the near-constant music to the food, drink, and general zaniness of Denver's new music festival. Here are a few photos snapped along the way.

By 5280

Geek out Over Fossils with Paige Williams, Author of The Dinosaur Artist

We spoke with Paige Williams, The New Yorker staff writer who just published a book detailing the dramatic world of international fossil hunting.

By Angela Ufheil

Five Artsy Events to Check Out This Fall

A Tony Award-winning musical, an outdoorsy music fest, and more are coming to Colorado.

By Angela Ufheil

Nonprofits in Denver Metro Are Going Mobile

The best way for Denver nonprofits to reach the people they want to help? Just add wheels.

By Angela Ufheil

Don’t Miss These Local Bands at Grandoozy

Eight Colorado bands will perform at the new Denver festival. Here's why you should see them.

By Angela Ufheil

Hit Podcast Up and Vanished Will Investigate Colorado Woman’s Disappearance

Season two of Payne Lindsey’s podcast series returns today to examine a small Colorado town, and the woman last seen there.

By Angela Ufheil

Would You Be Lonely Without Me? Paints Painful Portrait of Life (and Death) Before Roe v. Wade

A new art exhibition at Art Gym Denver honors women who died attempting to terminate their pregnancies before the 1973 legalization of abortion.

By Angela Ufheil

Things Sure Have Changed Since 1993

We celebrate our silver anniversary with a blast-from-the-past retrospective.

By Angela Ufheil

Denver Has a 7,000-Year-Old Archaeology Site Right In Its Backyard

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is offering hands-on tours of Magic Mountain in Golden, where researchers have discovered artifacts from 5000 B.C.

By Angela Ufheil

Take a Walking Tour of Denver’s Forgotten Spaces

The immersive theater gurus at Off-Center—a branch of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts—present Remote Denver, an experience that turns all of the city into a stage.

By Angela Ufheil