I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote
- Herman Melville
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Local guidebook author Fritz Sperry knows the Colorado backcountry as well as anybody. The Outdoor Journal were invited on an outing, so Kela Fetters grabbed her Skis and started trekking.
The Legend of Longs Peak, One of Colorado’s Most Popular 14ers
Longs Peak enthralls weekend warriors and veteran mountaineers alike. It’s been called “Colorado’s deadliest peak”, but do the numbers support the nickname?
The 2018 midterms: Colorado Voting Blue, Thinking Green
As of late Wednesday afternoon, Democrats secured a majority in the state Senate and increased their hold over the state House.
Winter Warfare in the Colorado Rockies
The ski industry’s 2018 pre-season media reel dramatizes the battle royal between Alterra Mountain Company and Vail Resorts in their quest to become Colorado’s undisputed “king-of-the-ski-hill”. .
Know your Roots: Boulder’s Local Food Movement
News from Boulder: A handful of small-scale farmers are instigating legislative change to support localized, sustainable agriculture.
“Frack”-tured Community: Colorado Plans to Alter the Future of Natural Gas Drilling
The grassroots initiative, which Boulder voters will see on the ballot come November, would mandate a state-wide, half-mile “buffer zone” of fracking wells from occupied buildings.
