Arapahoe Basin, regularly the last ski resort to close, has managed to open for Spring skiing. With a lottery/reservation program, they are restricting the number of skiers allowed on the mountain to maintain safe operations. For more information or to enter the drawing for a reservation, visit their site here.

Gunbarrel: named after a historic local stagecoach route 1. Take a tea tour   Nationwide tea-maker Celestial Seasonings is based out of Gunbarrel. Locals and tourists alike can take a free tour of the tea factory, where you can learn how their tea is made, experience the infamous mint room, and taste samples. After the […]

The rain continued throughout the day, but I didn’t care.  There were no outdoor hikes planned, no bike rides with poor fitting masks, and no social distance BBQs through the fencing of my backyard. For most, the combination of bad weather and the restrictions due to quarantine would make a Sunday over Memorial Day weekend […]

If you’ve just watched one of James Bond’s most iconic films and are looking for somewhere to live out your Casino Royale dreams, unfortunately you won’t get quite the same experience in Boulder. However, there are some rather intriguing options for you to explore. Luckily for anyone living or visiting Boulder, the rise of online gaming has meant land-based […]

  “You’re off to great places, Today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, So get on your way!” -Dr. Suess Let’s talk about woo-woo today. I’m going to be more abstract than usual, but I want to dance in this critical topic. In circles of the community, I’ve been flabbergasted that the community rejected […]

Rocky Mountain National Park. It is a glorious place. Home to Longs Peak, the Diamond, Emerald Lake, Bierstadt Lake, Bear Lake, and much more. There are hikes with tear-inducing views, incredible climbing, and world-class fishing. At a time when the Front Range is too hot to climb and local rivers are too fast to fish, it […]

You shouldn’t expect your kids to be into the same things you are. It certainly wasn’t the case with my father and me. Bill was a World War II veteran, a lover of big band music, and a guy with the kind of effortless charisma that made him likable to everyone he came across.* He […]

Has online begging become the new economy? Mark Ebner, a writer interviewed in a recent New York Times article, sure thinks so. The article, titled “GoFundMe Gone Wild” discusses the recent onslaught of social media campaigns to raise money for increasingly less worthy causes. The author of the article, Judith Newman, admits that the trend […]

It’s no secret that Boulder is inundated with yoga instructors and studios. If you haven’t been in the yoga scene for long (or at all), this can get overwhelming. What instructor will resonate with me? What kind of class should I try? We’ll talk about different styles of yoga in Boulder later, but for now […]

A 27-year-old man miraculously survived a freefall of 50 to 100 feet over Boulder’s popular paragliding spot, Wonderland Hill Glider Trail. Witnesses say it appeared the man was making a right turn when one of the wings collapsed mid-flight. A nurse was in the area and provided medical care to the man until first responders […]