Author: Katie Klingsporn

This week, the BootDoctors in the House focuses on  your little rippers and its Junior Ski & Boot Program which offers affordable, leased gear. Katie Klingsporn elaborates. Kids grow up so fast. And if, as is often the case in Telluride, they happen to be ripping skiers, who...

This week, the BootDoctor in the House focuses on the upcoming winter season in Telluride – and gods. At the top of the list of celestial beings of note is Ullr, the Norse god of snow. But Ullr is not the only big name in the...

This week, the BootDoctor in the House focuses on a perfect fall day in and around Telluride. Which makes it a perfect day for biking. Especially with BootDoctors’ bike mechanic extraordinaire, Sarah Ender. (All images are by Melissa Plantz.) [caption id="attachment_69380" align="aligncenter" width="401"] Sarah Ender, BootDoctors’ bike mechanic...

Climate action and social justice triumph at 2017 Festival. Mountainfilm’s 2017 documentaries told of iconic seabirds, nonagenarian climbers, change-making labor activists, extraordinary Nepalese rites, and bold missions into interstellar space. But at the end of the day, it was stories of determined underwater photographers and citizen...

For a full festival schedule, visit www.mountainfilm.org. No pass? No problem? Mountainfilm offers host of free programs. Mountainfilm rolls into Telluride this week, a tidal wave of documentary films, theater speakers, panel discussions, adventure tales, scientific discourse, bold activism, and outdoor events. It’s a lot to digest, and a...

Mountainfilm takes place Friday-Monday, May 26- May 29, 2017. Purchases passes here. Also see story on Mountainfilm’s symposium and subject of its new initiative, The New Normal, here. Volunteer for Mountainfilm here. Presenters presented below.   [caption id="attachment_65357" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Erik Weihenmayer, a blind adventurer who has summited Mount...

The 2017 theme of  Mountainfilm's Moving Mountains Symposium goes beyond the symposium topic into realm of community organizing. For more information and specific programs and actions related to the initiative, visit The New Normal pages on Mountainfilm’s website. Scroll down for a preliminary list of presenters.   [caption...

Sierra Quitiquit and Coffin Nachtmahr are in person for Telluride Mountainfilm screenings, March 23, 6 p.m., at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village. Tickets, $20  for adults; $15 for children, are available online here or at the door. Scroll down to watch a trailer for "Sierra Quitiquit." [caption...

Telluride Mountainfilm’s “Shorts in Winter” features skiing films at the annual holiday event. Program includes two screenings, 5 & 7 p.m., at the Sheridan Opera House. Tickets are $20 for adults; $15 for children in advance; $25 for adults/$20 for children at the door. Buy tickets online on Mountainfilm’s...