Editor's note: For two weeks, Telluride Mountain School High School students put aside textbooks and turned their attention to water. With the help of local experts on water and media, they researched, wrote, and presented everything there is to know about Telluride water-- where it...
Sometimes if feels as if powder days are like the string of Telluride boyfriends you had in your twenties. Which means for some of you, the boyfriends you have right now. And just like with those irresistible boys, with powder days, you must learn to...
[caption id="attachment_28994" align="alignright" width="220"] HIggs-boson particle[/caption] Recently, teams of scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have confirmed the existence of the Higgs-Boson particle. The elusive Higgs particle, sensationalized by mainstream media as the “God particle,” briefly revealed itself in 2012 to the delight of physicists around...
Editor’s note: It’s no secret. The Telluride region is dog heaven. Unless you are one of our furry friends who gets caught in the maw of neglect and abuse. Then heaven is on hold until Second Chance Humane Society comes to the rescue. Second Chance...
[caption id="attachment_9576" align="alignright" width="128"] Jerry Roberts, weather guru[/caption] There is a transitory dry ridge building over western Colorado tonight then a shortwave trough ejects from a Pacific storm bringing clouds by Wednesday morning. By late Wednesday afternoon the upper flow is westerly favoring the central and...
[caption id="attachment_28958" align="alignright" width="238"] Aquaponics cycle[/caption] We know that the cities are now home to more of us than the country. We know that water issues, particularly here in the West will define much of our future. We know that the current carbon footprint of our...
[caption id="attachment_28874" align="alignright" width="186"] Karen Korona, yoga teacher and healer[/caption] Join Lorrie Denesik in welcoming yogini/healer/transformational teacher Karen Korona back to town for an three-day intensive designed to enhance self-awareness and healing through yoga practices, including meditation. Do you think of sitting quietly for at least 10...
[caption id="attachment_28844" align="alignright" width="203"] Ben Clark[/caption] Is it lower levels of dopamine, the neurotransmitter that creates the so-called "adrenaline rush?" That's one theory about what drives extreme athletes to risk their lives for the sake of adventure. In his book, "On the Ridge Between Life and Death," mountaineer...
When the days grow longer and the light expands our days, all I want to do is run. I run in the evenings after the kids have had dinner. I run in the afternoons. I run so much that my winter body, not used to...
