Culture & Sports
From homemade cocktails to National Champs to what to do with your poo.
8 Best Watch Bars for Catching Colorado Rockies Games
-5280 Magazine
If you can’t sit in the Rockpile, catch the Blake Street Bombers the next-best way: with a cold one at our favorite sports bars.
The 9 Best Places to Watch the Colorado Avs
-5280 Magazine
Because the next-best thing to rink-side seats is the bench at your local hockey bar.
2022 Season Preview: University of Denver Pioneers Hockey
-5280 Magazine
A laser-focused young coach with a bench-full of National Champions—and nine newcomers—looks to lead the Division I Pioneers to their record-breaking 10th championship in 2023.
Work Like A Dog: A powder hound shares his search and rescue gear
-REI’s Uncommon Path
Meet Grua, the cutest rookie ski patroller on the mountain. The 2 year old golden retriever-border collie mix is about to be certfied as an avalanche dog at Colorado’s Copper Mountain Resort. Check out what his tools of the trade are (including, of course, his treats).
Transient Homemaker: How to Keep "Home" Cozy When You Move Every 6 Months
-Of Life & Mind
I was 26 when I signed my first year-long lease. As a post-grad, I generally moved every 6 months (10 times in 4 years, actually), and never lived in the same dwelling twice. But as a cozy-loving introvert, I love nothing more than a homey space. It’s hard to do that when you’re living with twelve other people in a house for the summer, or living in four different towns (or states) within a year — or living out of the back of your truck. Here are the few items I kept with me along my travels that made any place perfectly homey.
Steal A Chef’s Thanksgiving
-Of Life & Mind
We want the absolute most delicious iteration of each facet of our meal. (As we should.) Since your ladies here at Of Life+Mind have a couple decades of baking between them, and professions as a chef instructor and a recipe editor, we figured we’d provide you with a guide to your most delicious Thanksgiving yet.
A Hockey Novice’s Guide to the Colorado Avalanche
-5280 Magazine
So you’re ready to cheer the Avs on to Stanley Cup glory this season, but don’t know much more than the lyrics to “All the Small Things”? We put together a newcomer’s guide to the team, so you can act like you've been paying attention all along.
A Love Letter to Portland, Maine
-Of Life & Mind
If we could fall in love with a city, this would be the one.
12 Burning Questions for a Professional Ski Bootfitter
-5280 Magazine
Golden-based professional ski tech and bootfitter Chad Culler shares his insider’s tips and tricks for getting the most out of your gear this winter, whether it’s your first season or your fiftieth.
Let’s Talk About Poop: A Camper’s Guide to Human Waste
-Campendium
Getting outdoors is awesome; leaving your poop behind isn’t. If you’re just getting into the “outdoor arena” and are concerned about your options away from the powder room back home, have no fear. We’re here to talk about poop.
How To Get Started Car Camping
-Campendium
Starting your camping career can be intimidating. If you didn’t grow up fishing on the lake and cooking over a campfire every weekend, you may not know where to start when it comes to spending the night in the great outdoors. To take the guesswork out of your planning and packing list, we came up with our favorite tips, tricks, and gear items to make your first forays into car camping less stressful and more relaxing.
Life As A (Barely) Badass Skier
-Powder7 Lift Line Blog
Skiing’s poster-children are the athletes who charge the hardest, from pros to your buddy who backflips in the backcountry. The rad folk. They power the adventure media machine, so naturally they ski in the coolest places. But what about those of us who crave adventure skiing over resort hot laps but lag on the skin track? Or get stuck in deep snow. Or struggle with kick-turns. Or take it slow on rollers that friends launch off. Is there a niche between being a badass skier who goes places and a ‘regular’ skier who doesn’t?
Rowing Through A Minefield: Mining, Tourism, and the Chilkat Watershed
-NRS Duct Tape Diaries
Some will say that I’m just a raft guide, working six months of the summer rowing tourists from Ohio down glacially-fed rivers and that I shouldn’t be concerned about mining feuds that have been waged for decades. But, in a matter of years, gone goes my way of life if these mining efforts come to fruition. I’m trying to earn enough for a burger tonight and enjoy the remoteness of these Alaskan villages. Yet I’m afraid, in order to continue doing so, I’m also going to have to pick up a megaphone and fight to keep these rivers they way they’re supposed to be—wild and clean.
Grubby Girl Beauty Hacks
-Of Life & Mind
An outdoor woman's guide to keeping it fresh when you're anything but.