Sun slants through the lineup of buildings on Crested Butte’s Elk Avenue, turning cottonwood fluff into floating sparkle. The surrounding hillsides glow green and rise up into red-hued peaks, some of which still hold bright, white snow. It’s a real-life…
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No one will say that the last few months have not been unusual — okay, really weird. But the fact is that if you are reading this you have likely found a way to escape some of the negative weirdness…
“Wow! It looks like a bike shop over here!” said a family friend as she rode into our driveway. “Look at all these bikes!”

Many people have heard of Leave No Trace practices, but sometimes people get caught off guard when they are out in the woods, and some…
I was 18 years old, fresh out of my first year of college when I started teaching horseback riding at a summer camp in the North Carolina mountains.

When I was 8 years old, I used to ride my bike at a superfund site. Not a site that had already been cleaned up,…

Twenty years ago, living in Aspen, a daughter’s friend asked if I’d take her dad out on a private stretch of the Roaring Fork.

Slow down and discover how a stroll through the woods can boost immunity and even answer life’s questions