Although the Colorado front range has recently seen heavy rain and even snow, it’s warming up just enough to get out for a hike. Wednesday warms up to 70 degrees (weather.com) and will be a perfect day to enjoy the outdoors in Boulder. All the rain has made everything green, and Chatauqua Park...

Nature Valley sent three teams out to explore the US National Parks . Jack Kost and Eric Doyle from Team Mountain spent a week in Colorado and had the time of their lives. Here's what they had to say: Our first day of the Epic Summer program set us up for a great weekend. After a delicious...

Nature Valley sent three teams out to explore the US National Parks . Jack Kost and Eric Doyle from Team Mountain spent a week in Colorado and had the time of their lives. Here's what they had to say: Rocky Mountain National Park is full of surprises. For instance, the sudden...

For years, I looked at the sweeping buttresses of Mount Thorodin in Golden Gate Canyon State Park as I biked along the Peak to Peak Highway, but never bothered to check them out in person until a couple of years back when I took my father up the classic CMC Route (5.7, 3 pitches). That outing gave...

Pros: Works on any Android phone with GPS capability; exports tracks to Google Maps or Google Earth; lots of features Cons: GPS via phone is not as accurate as a handheld model; running GPS drains your phone battery quickly Bottom line: If you have an Android phone with GPS and want to be able...

Viewed from its northern flank, Capitol Peak near Aspen, Colo. looks like a Roman cathedral: towering and burly and wild, sacred almost, a hunk of rock so giant it commands respect and instills fear even from 3,000 feet below. I almost dropped my pot of water into the perfect mountain stream as I...

Picture yourself riding a kick scooter on a forest service road -- not the sleek kind best suited for navigating concrete corridors, but a burly Diggler mountain scooter, with shocks, handlebar brakes, two BMX wheels, and a skateboard-like deck to stand on. Now add a pair of eager Siberian huskies to...

The mornings are getting frostier and the nights more crisp. This can only mean one thing, Summer's on its way out and it's time to take full advantage of the last few warm weeks we've got left. With fall nipping at my heels, I started to run through my summer activity checklist. A sense...

I got done with a summer run both wishing for the coolness of winter and hoping that a new application I tried out, Runkeeper , worked well. The application, which is built to help runners track their runs, works really well. It takes the GPS signal from your phone and uses the data to track where you...

As summer turns to fall, the mountains are a perfect place to spend a weekend retreat. The fall foliage, the crisp morning air and best of all the beer flows like water. What? Yes! With Oktoberfest events at many mountain towns, fall in the high country is a great way to kiss summer goodbye. One the...

Running up Grand Escape trail on Eagle’s Nest Ridge

Top of Ridge Route at Wildwood

Ridge Route heading from Eagle’s Nest to Wildwood

Breathtaking Views

Breathtaking views

Berrypicker Trail

Mountain Wildflowers

Mountain Wildflowers

Berrypicker Trail

Berrypicker Trail

Berrypicker Trail

Berrypicker Trail

Berrypicker Trail

Berrypicker Trailhead

Aspen Grove