SUMMER SUNDAY: DO MORE THAN JUST A WEIBE
Don’t you love when you ask a Telluride regular where they’ve hiked, and they respond, “Just a Weibe.” The response insinuates that the Weibe isn’t a “real” hike, j
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SUMMER SUNDAY: HIGH MAINT. MOUNTAIN CHICKS
Athletic women often pride themselves on being low-maintenance. They assume that being physically strong and independent makes them so. They can go from hot yoga to a dinner out wi
SUMMER SUNDAY: 7 REASONS TO RIDE M2D
Road biking has never been as cool as it is right now in Telluride. There are a few reasons for this, the most prominent being the arrival of the US Pro Cycling Tour in Telluride o
SUMMER SUNDAY: GET YOUR KID ON A BIKE
Learning to ride a bike used to include training wheels and bloody knees. Not anymore. With products like the Skuut bike, Strider, and Tag-a-Long, it’s easier than ever to get ki
SUMMER SUNDAY: BRINGIN’ ALOHA TO THE ROCKIES
I like to say that the only thing that can rival winter in the Rockies is summer in the Rockies. But, on hot summer days, I also crave refreshing ocean winds, cool water and a sand
SUMMER SUNDAY: CAMPING INSPIRES BRILLIANT PARENTING
The great outdoors has inspired writers to craft brilliant works of literature, artists to create brilliant masterpieces, and after what I’ve already witnessed this summer, I’d
SUMMER SUNDAY: HEY LADIES, CODE WORD “RACE”
Have you noticed that a lot of women, and more specifically moms, are entering weekend races? The moms I know seem to always be training for and planning excursions to participate
SUMMER SUNDAY: SEXY BIKES AND WEDGE SANDALS
Bikes are sexy. This is not an opinion; it’s a fact. And, I have evidence to prove it. Once, standing outside a Crested Butte coffee shop, in tight bike clothes with my yellow La
SNOW SUNDAY: DURANGO’S SICK SINGLE TRACK
Last week an avid Telluride cyclist posted a trail report on Facebook: Rudy’s, Penelope’s and The Galloping Goose are all clear and riding well. Then, on Friday it snowed. Tell
TELLURIDE NEWB: CHECKING OUT GOLD HILL 10
Gold Hill 10 is the official “forgotten run” of Telluride. Granted, it’s almost never open, but the real reason for its “lack of skier traffic” is the lengthy trek requir
SNOW SUNDAY: BRING YOUR PEDALS
For off-season, my family got one of the greatest invites ever: To join some long time friends at their family’s (rad) beach front home on Oahu. Sick. Plans were made, tickets bo
WHEN OFF-SEASON ARRIVES IN TELLURIDE
In the spring, when the weather in southwestern Colorado flips between winter and summer, often in the same hour, it can be hard to stay focused. Should we bike or ski? Spring clea
SNOW SUNDAY: VINTAGE SKI OUTFITS RULE
In Telluride, there is no single piece of ski gear more coveted than the perfect, vintage, ‘70s inspired one piece. Actually, there is — a padded Obermeyer sweater, a neon
SNOW SUNDAY: SPRING RIDING IN THE GRAND VALLEY
Oh, how the warm spring days bring with them such difficult decisions—like, should I bike or ski today? Even though the lifts are still running, and the festive vibe that defines
SNOW SUNDAY: GET US ON THE MOUNTAIN
For most in Telluride, getting on the mountain is the priority throughout the winter. Yet, everyone has a few obstacles—work schedules, kids, or work schedules and kids. So, so
DOG’S BEST FRIEND: CATTLE DOGS AT WORK
As you’re driving around the Colorado mountains this spring, you may have to slow down as the road becomes over powered by cattle. Each spring, cattleman prod their livestock
TELLURIDE NEWB: THE GIUSEPPE’S BATHROOMS ROCK
Whether it’s an epic powder day or bluebird, sunny, slush fest on Telluride Mountain, nothing should get in the way of another run. Hunger and thirst may beg for attention, b
ST. PATRICK’S DAY: THE COMING OF SPRING
Green beer. Green hats. The greening of the Chicago River. Dying stuff green is how we usually celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in this country. But for me, St. Patrick’s Day is imp
SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN WEATHER: STORMY WEATHER ON THE WAY
Another very warm, sunny day (Friday) with variable high clouds and light backing SW winds. We’ll see a warm night with increasing SSW winds (30-40 MPH gusts) Saturday in adv
TELLURIDE NEWB: A TELLURIDE POWDER DAY
When powder strikes, life takes on a new order in Telluride. A certain excitement hangs in the air, forcing people to wake up earlier than normal, gear up faster than previously th
VENUS, JUPITER AND MARS
If you haven’t noticed magical Venus and magnificent Jupiter in the western evening sky over the last few weeks, you haven’t looked. It’s virtually impossible to
SNOW SUNDAY: THROW AMAH FROM MOUNTAIN QUAIL
My mom often complains that I never ski with her. For the record, I ski with her every year on her birthday, when my sister and brother visit and often with my five-year old daught