Telski: Zeal Optics Announced as Partner
Browsing the Internet, I came across this article in Transworld Business about Telski’s new eyewear partner. “ZEAL Optics, the most sustainable sunglass company in the
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Fall Sunday: Why We Hike
I was texting my friends furiously this week. I had a few spare hours, and hadn’t spent any quality time with friends lately—and there was a window of gorgeous fall weather. Me
FALL SUNDAY: Why We Ride
In many places in the US, road cycling is a cult. Members have Internet coaches, obsessive training schedules, matching branded Lycra biking uniforms and regularly organized group
Telluride Mountain Club Supports Historic Naming of Bridal Peak
The Telluride Mountain Club announced this week their support of a proposal to rename the unnamed peak located on the ridge between Lewis and Blue Lakes back to its original name o
Fall Sunday: Cruising at Gateway Canyons Resort
We pulled up at Gateway Canyons Resort for our romantic weekend getaway, and the car next to us snagged our attention. It was a gorgeous, sleek Corvette ZR1, slowly pulling out of
Summer Sunday: Paddling the Colorado with Kids
In the fall, weekends go quickly. There are errands to run, and people to see. The fridge is empty, and the house needs cleaning. But all everyone really wants to do is get outside
Summer Sunday: Athletes Just Want To Have Fun
The funny thing about Telluride is that after you accomplish your personal, most challenging, athletic feat, there is always someone to tell you a story about those who are way har
Summer Sunday: 36 Hours in Crested Butte
It might seem strange to vacation in Crested Butte when you’re coming from Telluride. After all, the two seem quite similar. Both are small mining/turned ski towns nestled in rem
No Barriers Summit: Go Play in the Mud!
What’s within you is stronger than what’s in your way… You can probably guess that an organization co-founded by Erik Weihenmayer, guilty of summitting Everest wh
Summer Sunday: The Art of Getting Lost
I’m always surprised if I get lost when I’m hiking. But the friends who hike with me never are. They expect it. Perhaps it’s semantics rooted in a difference of definitions.
No Barriers Summit in Telluride Aug 8-11, 2013
What’s within you is stronger than what’s in your way… In Telluride we’re used to seeing athletes stretching the idea of what’s do-able. At Telluride
Summer Sunday: Hiking With Your Dog
This is Sandy. She is a 75-pound Pyrenees/Lab mix who has never met a leash she couldn’t chew through or a command she couldn’t ignore. She chases small animals and cars, but c
Summer Sunday: An Adventure with Dad
It’s not easy to come up with an original Christmas gift for your dad when he’s in his 70s. After all, you’ve given him countless ties, books, and woodworking projects he doe
Telluride’s Backyard: Ballard Mountain
Ever noticed? The too-familiar tends to be ignored. I’ve lived in Telluride since 1985, and for the past eight years Ballard Mountain is the most prominent point just out my
Summer Sunday: 6 Tips for Hiking with Young Kids
The mountains of Telluride beg visitors to play in them in the summer months. The endless trails lead those who are willing to follow up rocky peaks, across colorful meadows, and a
Home Grown: Gunnison Gorge
If you have never been to the Gunnison Gorge, do yourself a favor and get there are fast as you can! The Gorge is one of the most spectacular whitewater, fly fishing and geologic
Telluride Summer: Not Just Festivals
Take a look at the Telluride Summer schedule: from Mountainfilm in Telluride over Memorial Weekend, now gearing up for Telluride Bluegrass, music and yoga weekends, on through Tell
Why Fly Fish?
Once upon a long time ago, just after I arrived in Telluride in the 1990s, my newish husband Clint engaged the young son of a friend to teach both of us to fly fish. You know how i
Attend A Native Plant Class at Lizard Head
Learn to identify at least 45 native plants, scientific names, characteristics of plant families and how to “key out” and ID plants in the field and discover how to use natives
MERCURY, VENUS AND JUPITER
Anyone interested in observing the movement of our visible planets against the backdrop of the starry night sky should take note of the unusual dance of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter
SPRING SUNDAY: SINGLE TRACK ESCAPE
I was on my mountain bike, speeding down a trail. My mind should have been sinuous singletrack before me. Instead, I found myself focusing on the harder sections of trail up ahead.
SPRING SUNDAY: TOURIST OR TRAVELER?
Each time we travel we have a choice. We can be a tourist or a traveler. In my younger life I was always a traveler. I backpacked through South America, teaching English along the