If you missed Roll’s Ugly Sweater Mixer Friday night at the Exdo Event Center, you likely missed some of the ugliest Christmas sweaters in town, which glowed in all their resplendent awfulness under colored lights as they zipped around the rink. Luckily, our photographer Scott Lentz was there to record…
“We couldn’t believe how much emphasis there was on ski jumping from the beginning: It was really the extreme sport of its day,” says historian Caryn Boddie. She and her husband, Peter Boddie, wrote the book Lost Ski Areas of Colorado’s Front Range and Northern Mountains, and they’ll be sharing…
Ski Cooper near Leadville, and Sunlight Mountain Resort, near Glenwood Springs are both opening today. Ski Cooper got so much snow recently, in fact, that it is opening two weeks early. They join many other Colorado mountains that have already opened for the season. We profiled them all in The…
The weather has been good for skiers and snowboarders so far this season, and that means more openings. Steamboat and Crested Butte plan to open for the season today, while Monarch, Snowmass and Telluride will open tomorrow, on Thanksgiving. We profiled all of Colorado’s ski-country destinations in The Edge, our…
Roller skating is even more fun when it glows in the dark. And that’s what happened last Friday night at the Exdo Event Center, where the November edition of Roll! turned on the black lights while skaters spun around the rink in their best retro-rave wear. Photographer Ken Hamblin caught…
Colorado’s two glitziest, most well-known ski resorts open for the season this weekend, along with a locals’ favorite, joining a few others that have so far. Vail goes first, giving customers access out of both Vail Village and Lionshead at 9 a.m., as well as return routes to both base…
Breckenridge got thirteen inches of snow on Wednesday and more last night, so there should be plenty to go around today when the ski resort (mostly Peak 8) opens for the season. There are plenty of activities on tap, including music, donuts, giveaways and of course, chilly refreshing temperatures. We…
Winter Park Resort opens Saturday, joining a handful of ski-country destinations that have already powered on the gondolas. We profile them all in The Edge, our insider’s guide to the 2014 ski and snowboard season, and we’ll be rolling out those profiles as the mountains open. But if you really…
Arapahoe Basin was first — as usual — but two other Summit County ski resorts, Copper Mountain and Keystone Resort, will open today, despite warm weather recently that pushed back Keystone’s original opening-day plan. In addition, Wolf Creek down in southwestern Colorado, opens this weekend as well. But with temperatures…
Last year’s ski and snowboard season was the best on record, according to Colorado Ski Country USA, with a record 12.6 million visits to Colorado ski areas — and this year’s snow forecast is even better. “Seeing our visitation punch through the 12.5 million level and best our prior mark…
Zombies — and other random costumed skaters — took to the rink Friday at the Exdo Event Center for a Halloween edition of the monthly Roll skate-dancing party. Photographer Scott Lenz dared to shoot these Zombie Apocalypse photos; keep reading for a sneak peek at the slide show. See also:…
Happy skiers and snowboarders flocked to Arapahoe Basin over the weekend for the official kickoff to the 2014-’15 Colorado ski season, amid sunny conditions and a party atmosphere. While balmy weather is keeping the snow guns at bay elsewhere, it’s only a matter of time before Loveland, Winter Park and…
Boulder-based Eldorado Climbing Walls won the Wright Award at the fourth annual Something Independent Awards ceremony Tuesday night at Space Gallery, edging out finalists Icelantic Skis and Oskar Blues Brewery. The award recognizes Colorado companies “who are leading at the intersection of lifestyle and commerce” — and full disclosure, I…
Dating can be difficult no matter where you live. But outdoorsy types in Colorado have a special challenge: There’s a whole lot of great wide-open out there — but it’s not easy to run into person of your gender/orientation preference who also enjoys the outdoor activities you do. Mike Keshian,…
“Green chiles are important to me,” says gardener Letitia Salazar Monk. The Anaheim green chiles that she grows at the Eastside Growers Collective are a symbol of her heritage: Her ancestors were Yaki hunters in New Mexico, and her philosophy is rooted in indigenous food production and gathering. See also:…
As you walk from northeast Park Hill across Martin Luther King Boulevard into Park Hill, the sidewalks narrow — when they exist at all. Shrubs jut out, tripping pedestrians and reminding them that the members of Park Hill’s gentry want to keep people off of their green, green lawns. See…
The thirty-plot community garden lies in the shadow of Liggins Towers, a brick high-rise full of Section 8 apartments in northeast Park Hill. The property is owned by Zion Baptist Church, the oldest African-American congregation west of the Mississippi, but the garden is relatively new; the Eastside Growers Collective came…
Arapahoe Basin opened for the 2013-2014 ski and snowboard season way back on October 13 and, thanks to one of the best snow years on record, it is still open for one more weekend. Alas, all good things must come to an end, and Fourth of July fireworks at the…
Bright yellow dandelions and gnarly horseweed certainly aren’t very sexy when it comes to things that grow. But, this Friday, June 20, at Sprout City Farm’s Weed Dating event, these weeds could be a catalyst for finding someone who makes your heart beet faster. “We are rich in veggie puns,”…
Denver is a beautiful city, especially on days devoid of any brown cloud, and there are dozens of places where you can get a memorable shot. Here are five spots that offer a great view of the city or the mountains — and, in some rare cases, both. See also:…
Colorado’s reality-defying weather has worked to a benefit this time around. The surge of late-spring snowfall around the state has allowed Aspen Mountain to reopen for the Memorial Day weekend, May 24 tthrough May 26. See also: Take that, groundhog: Colorado resorts extend ski season as spring snow piles up…
Our current cover story, Alan Prendergast’s “Party in the Park,” looks at how Denver’s park rangers are gearing up for a busy summer season. In response, Westword writers are weighing in with appraisals of their own favorite Denver parks, continuing with Susan Froyd’s tribute to Garland Park. I’m a bit…
