On a beautiful summer day in Boulder, the National Center for Atmospheric Research rises dramatically above the city from its home on Table Mesa. With blue skies overhead, green foothills surrounding it, and the Colorado plains stretching toward the horizon, NCAR looks less like a conventional laboratory and more like a monument carved directly from […]

Boulder has the Flatirons, world-class trails and an outdoor culture that is difficult to beat. But every once in a while, even the most dedicated Buff needs to point the car toward another corner of Colorado. Silverton should be high on that list. Tucked into the San Juan Mountains at 9,318 feet, Silverton is a […]

Outdoor Picture of the Day: Long Lake Near Ward—Boulder’s Quiet Mountain Neighbor There is a special kind of summer day in Colorado’s high country when the light hits just right and the entire world seems to slow down. That is the feeling captured in today’s Outdoor Picture of the Day from Long Lake, just beyond […]

Boulder, Colorado, has a special way of beginning the day. In this award-winning photograph, Boulder’s morning sky comes alive in brilliant waves of orange, red and gold. The colors stretch across the horizon, transforming an ordinary morning into an unforgettable Colorado moment. It is the kind of sunrise that makes people stop, look up and […]

  Outdoor Picture of the Day: Boulder Reservoir Lights Up North Boulder Today’s Outdoor Picture of the Day captures one of Boulder’s most recognizable bodies of water: Boulder Reservoir, glowing beneath a wide Colorado sky with the foothills and Flatirons rising in the distance. Locals simply call it “the Rez.” Located along Boulder’s northern edge, […]

Colorado is famous for taking the scenic route, but one mountain drive rises above every other paved road in America. The Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway, formerly known as the Mount Evans Scenic Byway, climbs to an extraordinary 14,130 feet above sea level. That makes it the highest paved road in North America—and it is […]

Boulder Creek is open for tubing, and during Boulder’s relentless summer heat, the cold current running through the center of town feels better than ever. As of August 12, 2026, Boulder County reports that there are no current restrictions on tubing or single-chamber flotation devices. The USGS gauge at North 75th Street registered a flow […]

There is something about a clear summer day in Eldorado Canyon that stops you in your tracks. Golden sandstone walls rise dramatically above South Boulder Creek as the water catches the sunlight, tumbles over rocks, and moves through willows along the canyon floor. It is pure Front Range summer—water, stone, and sky coming together in […]

Boulder is rewriting the record books this summer—and not in the fun way. As of mid-August 2026, Boulder had recorded 23 days at or above 95 degrees, setting a new calendar-year record. The city had also reached 100 degrees six times, tying the annual record set in 1954, while 40 days at or above 90 […]

Today’s Outdoor Picture of the Day captures one of Boulder’s most distinctive foothills scenes: the rugged Red Rocks formations viewed from Sanitas Valley Trail. Rising above the surrounding landscape, the warm sandstone fins create a dramatic contrast against the trees, open sky, and softer slopes of Mount Sanitas. While Boulder’s Flatirons receive most of the […]