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Senior Editor

Nicholas Hunt

Senior Editor

Nicholas Hunt grew up in the shadow of the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, where he learned to mountain bike, kayak, fly fish, hike, and surprisingly, ski. It’s also where he learned to write, a skill that’s taken him across the country as an award-winning journalist and editor. After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a BS in Communications, he’s slowly marched west with stints at multiple magazines including WashingtonianArkansas Life, and Outside. With a few years in every time zone in the Lower 48 under his belt, he feels safe in declaring that Mountain Time is God’s time.

Articles By Nicholas Hunt

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What Does It Take To Keep the Lights On and the Traffic Flowing Through the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels?

Fifty-one years after the first bore opened, the tunnels are undergoing the largest overhaul in their history. The upgrades will be significant—but will they be enough to keep the critical east-west passage open for decades to come?

Inside the University of Denver’s 130-Year-Old Chamberlin Observatory

Its telescope has been obsolete practically since it was built, but that hasn’t stopped the observatory from helping push science forward.

Kolby & Alyssa, co-owners of Treehouse Cyclery

The Best Denver Services and Shopping of 2024

We know where you should get your bike tuned and your muscles massaged. Plus, where to buy your next TBR.

Dancers/dj at Stay Tuned

The Best Denver Culture and Nightlife of 2024

If you need a book to read, a place to dance, or a killer cocktail to sip, we’ve got all of that—and more.

The Oversimplified Guide to Pooping Outdoors

The first step? Getting over the mental block.

Chris Carlson poses with his chalk art design of an otter and a fish

A Denverite’s 3D Art Will Jump Off the Pavement at This Month’s Denver Chalk Art Festival

Chris Carlson uses precise geometry to create stunning three-dimensional images.

Bode Miller shredding at Snobahn in Thornton

Can a New Indoor Ski Slope Help You Keep Your Ski Legs In the Offseason?

Our senior editor heads to Thornton’s Snobahn to find out.

Marijuana leaves

How Marijuana’s Reclassification Could Revitalize Colorado’s Struggling Cannabis Industry

One insider says the rescheduling is the biggest thing to happen to weed businesses since state legalization.

Elk in Moraine Park

Which Rocky Mountain National Park Reservation Is Right for You?

The timed-entry pilot program is likely here to stay, so we’ve rounded up some of the best adventures available in each zone.

Products from farmers markets

4 Local Farmers’ Market Vendors for Home Goods and Accessories

Farmers’ markets aren’t just for farmers. As outdoor shopping season gets underway this month, we’ve gathered a few of our favorite Colorado artisans.

4 Novels You Have to Read Ahead of Denver’s Romance Book Festival

Readers Take Denver, a festival for chick-lit lovers, returns on April 18. Here are a few authors you might have a meet-cute with while you’re there.

Wolf

Colorado Has Released Its First Wolves. What Happens Next?

A timeline of what it will take for the wolves to make Colorado their new home.

Why Does CDOT Meter the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel?

Hint: It’s not to get you home from the slopes quicker.

A wide shot of Arapahoe Basin on a blue-sky day.

Arapahoe Basin Has Been Sold—Long Live A-Basin!

One of Colorado’s last remaining great independent ski areas will sell to industry giant Alterra Mountain Company, it announced Monday.

Rick coming out of gate

Inside the Raucous, Fiery, and Little-Known World of Mountain Town Hockey

How a Denver venture capitalist founded a top-level amateur team so he’d always have a place to play—and took 22 of his teammates along for the ride.

green chile

The Oversimplified Guide to Cooking Green Chile

Get down with soup season by whipping up a batch of this spicy stew from the Pueblo Chile Growers Association.

man and woman in front of photo portraits

A Denver Couple Is on a Mission To Help Holocaust Survivors Living in Poverty

Their nonprofit, Kavod, sprung out of co-founder John Pregulman’s calling to photograph as many survivors as he can before they’re gone.

Can a New Colorado-Based App Prevent Avalanche Deaths?

AspectAvy says it can help keep skiers and boarders safer in the backcountry. Some worry it could lead them into danger.

The Oversimplified Guide to Shoveling a Sidewalk

A personal trainer on how to avoid injury while performing winter’s most tedious task.

Chip on stairs

The Best of the Mountain West 2023

From a desert-dwelling sake brewer in Arizona to an independence-loving micronation in Nevada to a purpose-driven pizza place in New Mexico, here are the people, places, and things that make living in our region so sweet.

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