GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.

X

Outdoors

The animal-free, Broadway-style Venardos Circus is pitching a new big top for the first time in Longmont later this month.

Animal-free, Broadway-style Venardos Circus set to pitch its big top in Longmont later this month

By April Morganroth

July 11, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.

An early start has its rewards. The cool air that settled overnight into the Rich Creek drainage was still there. It’s the best kind of air conditioning. I was standing at the trailhead just outside the boundary of the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area.

Lost and found in the Buffalo Creek Wilderness Area

July 9, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Ten years ago I was fortunate to join 12 other Americans on a climbing and cultural exchange in Iran between the American Alpine Club and the Alpine Club of Iran.

Remembering Iran, where the unexpected happens

By Chris Weidner

July 7, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

For a few hours most Saturdays, a handful of skippers carefully steer yachts across Louisville’s Harper Lake.

‘Great camaraderie’: Experienced skippers, novices sail model yachts on Harper Lake

By Brooklyn Dance

July 6, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

When Boulder chiropractor John Minen received a call from Dr. Ted Forcum, the lead chiropractor in charge of staffing the medical tent at last month’s U.S. Olympic Trials, asking him to help work with athletes, he did not hesitate.

Chiropractor helps athletes ‘get the best out of themselves’

By Michael Sandrock

July 5, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

Longmont trauma doctors agree there is an increase in reported brain injuries and head trauma cases.

Reported head injuries on the rise in Longmont; trauma doctors remind residents to use safety gear

By April Morganroth

July 2, 2021 at 10:03 p.m.

Climbing photography doesn’t come easily, especially when the climber is the photographer. In this tenuous art form, there’s only one rule: Don’t kill your partner.

The tenuous art of ‘belay-graphy’

By Chris Weidner

June 23, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

When Kara Goucher (formerly Kara Ggas-Wheeler), lined up for the 2000 NCAA cross country championships in Ames, Iowa, it was so cold that when the starter yelled across the start line for the teams to line up, the words froze.

Stress, bad weather toughens athletes — on the track and in life

By Michael Sandrock

June 21, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Sunday marks the first day of summer, and while the Colorado Mountain Club recommends that casual fourteener hikers wait until July, some are already heading out and up. Some are well-informed and experienced. Others, not so much.

Is it fourteener season yet in Colorado? Almost.

June 19, 2021 at 6:03 a.m.

It looks as if the number of people who climbed Colorado fourteeners last year will shatter the previous record of 353,000, set in 2018.

Colorado fourteener traffic in 2020 was 20% more than previous year

June 19, 2021 at 6:03 a.m.

Load More