Outdoors

Triumph or Tragedy: A Day On Colorado's Most-Crowded Fourteener

What’s to be done about the perennial mob of peak-baggers overwhelming Summit County's beloved fourteener?

07/07/2020 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Ryan Dearth

Outdoors

A Guide to Summer Cycling in Summit

The need to get outside and unwind has never been greater; here’s everything you need to leave the world behind on Summit County’s MTB trails, bike parks, paved roads, and rec paths.

07/07/2020 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Liam Doran

Skiing + Snowboarding

80+ Hike-To Trails at Summit’s Signature Resorts

Want to ski and ride some of the steepest, least-crowded (and most sublime) inbounds terrain anywhere? Skip the lifts (and the lines) and follow this insider’s guide to 80+ hike-to trails at Summit’s signature resorts.

12/16/2019 By Devon O'Neil

Panorama

Wreck Path

Cyclists accustomed to zipping between Frisco and Summit have an obstacle to contend with this summer: a recpath buried under a mountain of avalanche debris.

06/24/2019 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Karl Wolfgang

Article

A Divide to Conquer

Signature sojourns along the crest of Summit's High Country for mountain and road bikers, leaf peepers, car campers, day hikers, backpackers, and anglers.

06/24/2019 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Seth K. Hughes

Outdoors

Summit County's Haute Hut

The triumph, amid tragedy, of the Sisters Cabin, the latest and most luxurious addition to the county’s much-loved network of wilderness oases.

12/10/2018 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Ryan Dearth

Outdoors

Summit County's Most Inspirational Summer Cycling

An insider's guide to the best singletrack trails, bike parks, and road rides of Summit's brief-but-glorious summer cycling season.

06/25/2018 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Liam Doran

Person of Interest

A Local Cycling Guru’s Guide to Finding Paradise on Two Wheels

Leland Turner's living a two-wheeled dream: six months in Breck and six months in Maui, interspersed with boat-based road bike tours in Croatia, Vietnam, and Tahiti.

06/25/2018 By Devon O'Neil

Skiing + Snowboarding

An Insider’s Guide to A-Basin’s New Ski Terrain

As A-Basin prepares to open a pair of popular backcountry zones to lift-served skiing in 2018, local powder hounds are grumbling about their loss. Here’s a preview of what everybody will gain

12/07/2017 By Devin O'Neil Photography by Liam Doran

Top 40

Summit County's Top 40 Runs

A downhill purist's guide to the signature runs at every area resort you absolutely need to ski this winter.

12/07/2017 By Devon O'Neil

Made Map

The Man Behind the Map

Meet the New York-based cartographer who charts your favorite A-Basin runs.

12/07/2017 By Devon O'Neil

Early Birds

Summit County's Olympic Training Ground

Can’t afford tickets to PyeongChang? Through December, your local chairlift—and superpipe—offer a free Winter Olympics preview.

12/07/2017 By Devon O'Neil

Highway to Heaven

Summit County's Signature Summertime Roadtrip

From lonely lakes to happy hours, 72 hours (and 60 miles) of bliss on the Blue River Parkway.

07/01/2017 By Devon O'Neil Photography by Seth K. Hughes

Outdoors Feature

Cat Call

When a resort’s tracked grooming machine serves as your ski lift, making tracks becomes an adventure.

12/21/2016 By Devon O'Neil

Outdoors Feature

Loveland

A taste of cat skiing to come

12/21/2016 By Devon O'Neil

Feature

Cat Call

When a resort’s tracked grooming machine serves as your ski lift, making tracks becomes an adventure.

12/21/2016 By Devon O'Neil

Outdoors Feature

Copper Mountain

A free ride to freeride heaven

12/21/2016 By Devon O'Neil

Outdoors Feature

Cat Tracks Beyond Summit County

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! For the powder hounds looking to explore beyond summit county.

12/21/2016 By Devon O'Neil

Outdoors Feature

Keystone

A trip into the wild side of tamed terrain

12/21/2016 By Devon O'Neil

Welcome

Best Friend

A welcome from our editor

12/17/2016 By Ted Katauskas