6 Must-Have Pieces of Gear to Get You Through Colorado’s Wildfire Season
Don’t let the fear of flames stop you from enjoying the great outdoors.
Don’t let the fear of flames stop you from enjoying the great outdoors.
Want to catch a wave but don’t have a boat to make one? eFoiling—essentially motorized wakeboarding—is the newest, coolest way to do it.
Nathan Kurth has a secret weapon for monitoring avalanche conditions and scouting new runs: a 230-horsepower airplane.
Centennial State fourteeners get all the glory, but Colorado’s 13,000-foot mountains are just as beautiful—and far less crowded.
You’ll pad through lush forests and traverse numerous streambeds before summiting this 13,642-foot beauty near Ridgway.
One of Colorado’s most popular thirteeners, James Peak provides the opportunity to trek across a glacier.
Soak up views of Rocky Mountain National Park, Lake Granby, and the Indian Peaks from the top of South Arapaho Peak.
If you’ve never traveled along southwestern Colorado’s Million Dollar Highway to Red Mountain Pass, you should—and hike up Hayden Mountain while you’re there.
This trek in the rugged San Juan Mountains gets hikers two summits for the price of one.
These items should always be within reach, whether you expect to be on the trail for two hours or two days.
Fewer people plus elevated risk can equal more fun—but only if you’re prepared for the journey.
Unmaintained trails on public land offer a plethora of fun adventures—if you have the right skills.
The system they’ve created, which allows skiers and riders to communicate via common frequencies, has helped save lives—and set a national standard for backcountry radio use.
A Colorado Avalanche Information Center study from late last year found that an increased percentage of avalanche accidents involve experienced skiers and riders. What does that mean for this season’s deadly slides?
Colorado Tourism pushed backcountry safety this season. But a string of high profile accidents still occurred.
A confluence of factors—namely massive fires resulting from climate change—brought dangerous smoke to the Front Range this summer. Here’s why we can expect it to be the new normal.
The fourteener’s namesake authorized one of the most shameful acts in Colorado history—and some think it’s time for a change.