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OUTDOOR
RECREATION INDEX
Rock gyms: .............. 3
ROCK WORK
Bolder Boulder:....... 6 Rock gyms
Pro runners:............. 8
CU Club Sports: ..... 11
Trail dogs: .............. 14
Ski passes:............. 17
Ski rentals:............. 21
Ski sales:................ 24
Hiking trails:.......... 26
Trail running:.......... 29
Colorado 14ers:...... 31
Rock climbing:........ 34
Trail biking: ............ 37
Road cycling:......... 39 George Squibb gets ready to turn the roof at the indoor climbing wall at the Boulder Rock Club. File photo Zak Wood
Non-trad sports:.... 42
Boulder’s indoor climbing spots
Camping:................ 47 Sport climbers have form of climbing and competitive gyms. There is a modest Info: www.thespotgym.com,
indoor circuits. bouldering area, but most climbs 303-379-8806
a lot of indoor are for roped teams. The deal: The
Waterways: ............ 52 options in this city Boulder Rock Club There’s also a kid’s area and a 10,000-square-foot Spot
learning area, plus a free-weight Bouldering Gym is mainly for
By Philip Armour Where: 2829 Mapleton Ave. workout room and a yoga room. bouldering. There are some walls,
Ski resorts: ............ 54 For the Colorado Daily Cost: Day pass, $17 ($12 The Colorado Mountain School but ropes are generally not used
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students); monthly unlimited, $65 has offices in the building and here, except for the kids’
lustered within a
($52 students); four-month offers a full guide service for programs and teaching belay
carabiner’s throw of each
outdoor climbing, ice climbing, techniques.
Backcountry:.......... 58 other, Boulder’s four rock
climbing gyms offer something
unlimited, $175 for CU Alpine
Club members and skiing mountaineering. The freestanding, man-made
for everyone, from bouldering and Info: www.totalclimbing.com, boulders of steel and concrete are
lead climbs to mountain guiding 303-442-2804 The Spot Bouldering Gym why people come here.
Unicyclist: ............. 60 services and yoga classes.
The deal: The Where: 3240 Prairie Ave. As a result, the atmosphere
Climbing gyms are excellent 12,000-square-foot Boulder Rock Cost: Day pass, $15; unlimited tends to be social, because
for training hard for the natural Club, is the most ropes-driven and monthly pass, $65 ($58.50 for climbers are not partnered up,
Skate parks:.......... 62 rock, yet have spawned their own traditional of the local climbing students) SEE CLIMBING , PAGE 4
Monday, August 24, 2009 Colorado Daily Welcome Back WB3
ROCK WORK
Danielle Hoffman works a problem at The Spot Bouldering Gym. File photo Zak Wood
CLIMBING from 3
geared for competition and overall
workouts.
Cost: Drop-in, $5; monthly
unlimited, $30
and the music selection is often It’s home to the city’s tallest Info: www.catsgym.com,
dancey hip-hop and techno. roped climbing wall, at 40 feet, 303-939-9699
which makes it the only local
climbing gym qualified to host The deal: Colorado Athletic
Movement Climbing Training School is primarily a
International Federation of Sport
and Fitness Climbing competitions. 10,000-square-foot gymnastics
Where: 2845 Valmont Road gym, but also has a small and
There will be a total of 225 extremely difficult bouldering
Cost: Day pass, $16 ($12 routes on 17,500 square feet of
area, much of it over-hanging and
students); monthly pass, $75 ($65 climbing surface area, plus yoga
with 10 times the number of holds
students) and spinning studios, and a
per panel than any other gym.
complete line of Technogym
Info: Serious climbers come here to
cardio and weight equipment.
www.movementboulder.com, train.
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Boulder’s biggest 10K race starts at 7 a.m.
and in current style. It must be freshly street party May 31, 2010, at 30th
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Training tips
• The amount we pay is based on
the second-largest race in the
condition, brand, style and demand. A few tips for training for
country and the largest Memorial
We reserve the right to refuse items the next Bolder Boulder:
Day celebration outside of
based on condition, current inventory — Take eight to 12
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levels, or past experience. This past May, nearly 55,000
— Start with mixed
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walking and running for
Boulder, which is as much a
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the finish at Folsom Field, these
time or 10 percent in
runners, joggers and walkers
Change your clothes… Change your style! likely took some steps to prepare
themselves for the 10K race.
distance per week of
training.
— Run in the right shoes,
get interactive
Ewen North, head coach and
and don’t put more than
training director for the Bolder
400 miles on any one pair
Boulder, already is leading Bold
of shoes
Running group training programs
— Visit a physical to get
for potential race participants. On
a fitness check before
a Saturday morning in August, he
beginning a program if you
coached almost 50 runners before
have any questions or
they set out for two-hour runs.
concerns about your fitness
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“Everyone can do a lot more
than they think they’re capable
This year, 38 performers lined
the race route, which starts on
“Distance running or any

endurance support is really about
of,” he said. “It’s just being patient
and gradually developing the
fitness.”
30th Street at Iris Avenue and
winds through streets downtown,
including Pearl, Folsom, 19th and
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novice runners just interested in avoid injury by training muscles to including Elvis, the Blues
getting in shape to run the 6.2 support those used in running Brothers and belly dancers.
miles of the Bolder Boulder, eight through low-impact activities. “It’s such a community thing,”
to 12 weeks of training should Finding a group of people to said Jessie Hild, a Boulder
suffice.“Find your level of fitness run with, whether through a resident who has run the Bolder
and build from there,” he said. training session organized by the Boulder three times. “You really
Bolder Boulder or just by feel like a true Boulderite once
That can mean starting with 20
grouping up with friends or you’ve run the race.”
or 30 minutes of walking with
family, can add fun and a better
intermittent running. Then, Willis Corcoran, of Longmont,
chance of success to a training
gradually increase the amount of started running a year and a half
program. And, North said, it also
time spent running and the time ago and trains with the Bold
matches the training program to
for the entire workout to the time Running sessions. Her advice to
the atmosphere of the Bolder
necessary to cover the race new runners: “Just listen to your THOUSANDS OF BEADS TO CHOOSE FROM.
Boulder.“It’s not just a race. It’s a
distance. body and start out slow.” YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN
community event. It’s a street UNIQUE JEWELRY OR
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mileage of the race and run the come and do it and you’ll be 7 a.m. May 31, 2010. Registration
race distance in one workout a blown away by what a great is already open at
week. experience it is.” www.bolderboulder.com.

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The pros
M ON D A Y
Altitude, terrain
and community
A LL D A Y AND N I G HT
Happy Hour Sushi
T U E S D AY DINN ER
By Elizabeth Miller
All You Can Eat Sushi $29.95 For the Colorado Daily
J
eff Boele describes Boulder as
W E DN E S D AY A LL D A Y AND N I G HT
a place where “you can wear
your short-shorts.”
Boele moved to Boulder in 2005
99¢ Salmon & 99¢ Shrimp because he knew Boulder’s athletic
community would make it easier
T H UR S D A Y
and be more accepting of his desire
A LL N I G HT to pursue a dream of becoming a
professional runner.
“You can come here and not feel
Happy Hour Drinks out of place as a runner,” he said.
“Here you can stand at the bus
FRIDAY & SATURDAY L AT E N I G HT stop or go to the grocery store

right after a run and you’ll blend
Former University of Colorado runners Brent and Sara Vaughn have
right in.”
Happy Hour* (9:30-11:00pm) Southern Illinois, where Boele remained in Boulder to train. File photo Sammy Dallal
grew up, doesn’t provide the same
*includes our regular sushi happy hour athlete-camouflaging community. Simon, who won silver at the 2000 whereas in Indianapolis and
Olympics; and Constantina Dita, Michigan there aren’t as many
menu and 1/2 all special rolls. Nor does it offer the diverse
who won gold in the 2008 options of trails and the
terrain, the number of runners
S UN D AY willing to share a workout and the Olympics for the marathon. community isn’t as supportive of
DINN ER training-friendly weather that Many of these athletes come
not just for what Boulder gives —
distance runners.”
Having other runners around,
added to Boulder’s appeal.
its support, its trails on everything whether he’s running the Boulder
First order of edamame free Boele now works as a sales
from asphalt to dirt roads — but Creek Path or in Chautauqua
associate and manager of the
also for what being here takes Park, also helps him feel a little
E V ER Y D AY 5:00-6:30 P M
team sales division for the
away: oxygen. more motivated.
Boulder Running Company,
“The main thing you’re after Sara Vaughn, a middle-distance
which was founded by
here is to increase your red blood runner with the Wave, said the
professional runners, while
Sushi Happy Hour continuing to chase his dream.
cell count,” Reilly said. local trails and the supportive
Red blood cells are responsible community kept her and her
He’s not alone in choosing
for carrying oxygen through the husband, Brent Vaughn, in
$2-$5 Japanese Tapas Boulder for his training ground.
blood stream, so, he said, “you’re Boulder after both graduated
For decades, professional runners
(everyday but Tuesday) have visited to Boulder to train,
basically trying to improve your from the University of Colorado in
oxygen delivery system as an 2008.
and a lot of them have stayed to athlete.” “We love how, when it snows,
become residents.
In
Introducing our new “They found it wasn’t only a
More efficient oxygen use can
give athletes an edge at
they plow the creek path before
they’ve even plowed the roads,”
““Master Sushi Chef” great place to train, but it’s a great
place to live,” said Brendan Reilly,
competitions, many of which are she said.
at sea level. Many of Vaughn’s pro-runner
Iwasan from the president of Boulder Wave. “You’re a little more tired and a friends have moved to Oregon,
Founded in 1993, the coaching
World Famous and athlete representation
little more challenged each run,”
said Justin Young, a Wave runner
where companies like Nike offer
support to athletes.
Osaka in Las Vegas
O company gets between 150 to 175
athletes coming to Boulder to
who lives in Superior and Boulder also competes with
attended the world Albuquerque, N.M.; Mammoth
train every year. championships in Berlin in Lakes, Calif.; St. Moritz,
1136 Pearl Street

With 30 medals awarded for the August. “That’s the strength that Switzerland; and Kunming, China,
women’s marathon in the last 10 you gain when you get to the for high-altitude training centers.
Olympics and world
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competition at sea level.” “We just think this is the best
championships, the Boulder Wave Young moved to Boulder seven place and the community support
has won nine of them. Wave years ago to train and live near here means a lot to us,” Vaughn
athletes include Naoko Takahasi, the mountains. said.
www.boulderjapango.com who won a gold medal in the 2000

Olympics and set a world record
“It’s just an inspiring
atmosphere,” he said. “You get to
Distance runners, Reilly said,
“are not just accepted here.
for the marathon in 2001; Lydia get a variety of places to train, They’re celebrated.”
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Teaming up
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CU’s clubs offer More info
ways to explore and Learn more about the
improve at outdoor University of Colorado’s
Club Sports program at
sports www.colorado.edu/
rec-center/clubsports
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lub Sports at the “find a niche for everybody.”
University of Colorado Many of the clubs are
offer students a chance to structured so members become
get active and be involved, as competitive as they choose.
meeting new people and taking “There’s a component in
advantage of a team support skiing that’s necessary to
system. improve, and that’s desire,” said
Structured practices, access to Palmer Hoyt, head coach for the
equipment and coaching can
train novices and experts alike
freestyle ski club. “The incentive
for people to train is the level of
desire they have to improve.”
Back to School
on the sports of their choice.
At the peak of its season, CU’s The freestyle ski club provides gift certificate
Club Sports draw approximately members coaching on improving
1,400 student participants. The both as freestyle skiers and as
34 clubs cover activities that the skiers on the whole mountain.
major campus teams miss — More advanced members form a
everything from soccer to fly competitive team and may ski at
fishing. 10 or 15 competitions, while
According to Patty McConnell, general club members compete
coordinator for collegiate sport in about five competitions.
clubs, with the number of sports “For the most part everybody
offered and the variety of skill trains together,” Hoyt said. “We
levels accepted, Club Sports SEE TRAIN, PAGE 12
Lanvin
Dosa
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Prada
CLUB STYLE
Herve Leger
Citizens of Humanity
Seven Jeans
James Perse
Ever
Loomstate
Vince
Diane Von Furnstenberg
Yves Saint Laurent
Bottega Veneta
Dries van Noten
Rick Owens
Stella McCartney
Chloé
Phillip Lim
Theory
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Marni
Isabel Marant
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Alexander Wang
Martin Margiela
Elizabeth & James Matt Gawronski works the quarter-pipe at a past University of Colorado club snowboard competition at
Eldora Ski Resort. File photo Jon Hatch
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the sport but not know how to
pursue it without support.
Popular clubs:
try as much as possible to “A lot of people come in CYCLING

function as a whole team unit.” Fall meeting: 6:30-8 p.m.
thinking, ‘There’s no way I could
That includes four days a Tuesday, Hellems 252
finish that,’ and they learn that
SEASON
week of strength training and Members include 75 road
two or three days of training on with training, and by learning bikers and 45 mountain bikers, as
trampolines or diving boards. how to eat and sleep right, they well as track and cyclo-cross
2009-2010 AT MACKY AUDITORIUM
Coaches also offer practice can,” said Jesse Prather, members. The club organizes
sessions at Keystone four days a between two and five rides per
president of the triathlon club.
9/22
P I N K
M A R T I N I
week. “It’s great to see peoples’
week. Members can compete in
10 or more events per semester.
For the last two years, the
confidence grow as they’re
10/2
K R O N O S competitive team has won the
Q U A R T E T Collegiate National Freestyle learning how to do things they EQUESTRIAN
10/11
THOMAS Skiing competitions. never thought they could.” Fall meeting: 7-8 p.m.
Thursday, Recreation Center
HAMPSON Club Sports, on average, bring
To be eligible for
in two or three national Conference Room 1-2.
11/15
REBEL BAROQUE
ENSEMBLE championships per year, membership, students must be The equestrian club’s 30
MOMIX
1/29
according to McConnell. In enrolled full time and be in good members practice English-style
addition to the freestyle ski club, riding at Fall River Farm in Fort
standing. Clubs also have unique
2/18
VA N C L I B U R N the novice women’s rowing and Lupton, and Western in Parker.
GOLD MEDALIST requirements for membership They compete in nine regional
HAOCHEN ZHANG swim club won national
dues, equipment, lessons and shows per style.
2/28
LUNA NEGRA CU-Boulder championships in 2009.
up contributing volunteer hours or
DANCE THEATER Students save “We talk about promoting the
FLY FISHING
h th e hours at fundraising events.
to 50% wit university in a very positive light
with the Turtle Island Quartet & Pacquito D’Rivera
4/1
DAVE GRUSIN t Ca rd ! through athletics, and we do that Fall meeting: 5-6 p.m. Sept. 3,
& LEE RITENOUR Concer McConnell said attending a Recreation Center Conference
very well,” McConnell said.
The university provides club’s organizational meeting at Room 1-2.
10/23-25
LA TRAVIATA equipment for use during many the beginning of the semester is The 20 members of the fly
D ON club sports with a deposit. It may fishing club meet at Boulder

essential to getting those details
3/12-14
also help reduce costs by Creek or in member’s homes

in order, as well as making once a weak to learn fly tying and
GIOVANNI providing space for meetings,
attending possible tryouts.
4/22-25 Ned Rorem’s vans for transportation and fly casting. Club members take
OUR TOWN visibility for incoming students trips to rivers and lakes in the
who might have an interest in SEE TRAIN, PAGE 13
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CLUB STYLE
TRAIN from 12 and sessions are Monday through
The University of
Colorado’s cycling
Fridays at 8:30 a.m. Members can club hosts a short-
region. compete in multiple regional track mountain bike
events. race in 2008.
File photo Marty
FREESTYLE SKI
Caivano
Fall meeting: 6-7 p.m. Sept. 10, TRIATHALON
Recreation Center Conference Fall meeting: 7-8 p.m. Sept. 1,
Room 1-2. Benson Earth Sciences 180
Fifty members of the freestyle The 120 members of the
skiing club practice mornings and triathlon club can choose from
evenings during the week in different workouts any day of the
addition to training at Keystone seek. They compete in the
between two and four days a Collegiate Nationals and Regional
week. Members compete in six competitions, as well as other
Rocky Mountain Division competitions selected by
competitions, six local slope individuals.
style/half pipe/rail jam
competitions, two big mountain
competitions, USCSA National
Collegiate Freestyle Skiing
Circuit, and Nationals, for
qualifiers.
KAYAK
Fall meeting: 7-8 p.m. Sept. 3,
Recreation Center Conference
Room 1-2.
For the 30 to 50 members of
the kayak club, the Rec Center
Clare Small Pool is opened
Wednesday and Friday evenings
for practice sessions. Members
can compete in freestyle/rodeo
boater-x and slalom competitions.
SNOWBOARDING
Fall meeting: 7-8 p.m. Sept. 10,
Recreation Center Conference
Room 3-4.
Optional off-season training
including trampoline and skate
practice and weightlifting are
available for the 100 members of
the snowboarding club. Official
club practices begins in late fall,
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FOUR LEGS
Excursions
Taking the dog for a hike

Boulder’s outdoor you’re going to have a really, specific trails. Most of the trails in
really good time.” Chautauqua and Eldorado Canyon
spaces offer plenty In Boulder, that means starting allow dogs on leash or within
to choose for pet- with the Mesa Trail in Eldorado
Canyon, which offers a variety of
voice-and-sight control. If a dog
has been trained to come back
friendly activities terrain but also a variety of exit immediately when called, to not
points if the hike needs to be chase wildlife and not be
By Elizabeth Miller shortened. aggressive, it can be off leash in
For the Colorado Daily Then, Savage said, move up to
P
open spaces and mountain parks
icking an activity to do with the Royal Arch trail in after receiving a voice-and-sight
a dog depends as much on Chautauqua, then the Green tag.
personal choice and fitness Mountain loop from the Gregory Rachael Thompson, who
as picking an activity for people, Trailhead near Chautauqua, and, adopted her dog a year ago when
according to Ania Savage, author finally, South Boulder Peak and she moved to Boulder, said she
of “Best Hikes with Dogs Bear Mountain in Eldorado
enjoys hiking the Mesa Trail with
Colorado.” Canyon.
her dog.
“I’d never recommend a couch “Make sure that you pace
“Boulder is just so friendly for
potato with an overweight dog yourself and your dog to your
dogs that it’s a lot of fun to have
climbing a 14er,” Savage said. abilities, and start easy,” Savage
“Match your fitness level and the one,” she said. “And hiking with a
said.
fitness level of your pet to the dog is so much more fun than
She recommended checking
difficulty level of the hike. the trailheads for current hiking by yourself.” Lauren Ferber, center, and Ben Weible take Sammy the dog out for a
“If you can match them well, information on leash laws for SEE DOGS, PAGE 16 hike at Mount Sanitas. File photo Sammy Dallal

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303-449-3603
manager for the city’s Parks and Daisy Mae shakes off water at owner Kim Haroche’s feet after
Recreation Department. In retrieving a disc from the dog pond at East Boulder Recreation Center.
addition to following ordinances, File photo Jon Hatch
Claussen urged owners to be
courteous to one another.
“It’s always good to check in
Off-leash Boulder
with other people and say ‘Is it OK
Valmont Dog Park, 5275 Valmont Road, on north side of
if our dogs play?’ ” he said. “It’s Valmont. Fenced area for large and small dogs, about 3 acres in
really, really important that people large area, about .25 acres in small area. A water spigot is
respect why other people are seasonally available.
using the dog park.” Foothills Community Dog Park, Eighth Street, west of Broadway
Popularity of dog parks has between Locust Avenue and Lee Hill Road. Two acres with
encouraged the city to turn two separate areas for large and small dogs. Open dawn to dusk..
temporary dog parks at Valmont East Boulder Dog Park, 5660 Sioux Drive, near East Boulder
City Park and at the East Boulder Community Center. Fenced area for large and small dogs and
Community Center as permanent limited water access to a small lake. Large dog area is 2.5
off-leash areas. acres, and small dog is .25 acres.
“They’re very, very popular for Howard Heuston Dog Park, on 34th Street, south of Iris
a lot of communities these days Avenue, east of 30th Street. Non-fenced area of about 1.23
because a lot of communities have acres where voice and sight control must be in use.
leash laws,” said Claussen.
They’ve become play areas,
though, according to Claussen,
the original intent for dog parks Off-leash guidelines
was to be training areas for voice-
and-sight control. — Excrement removal is required as a city ordinance
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For the Colorado Daily ticket.”
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“The key benefit is the value,” SEE TICKETS, PAGE 19 Andy Henkes blasts down Dragon’s Teeth in China Bowl at Vail. Associated Press file photo
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Perhaps more than biking (or
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And besides these popular
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The 6.76-mile C
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people seem to gravitate here extremely windy.
because it’s close and great for
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RESORTS from 55 On the Web named after a local

19th-century madam.
For more information about
5
(www.arapahoebasin.com), a
50ish-mile drive from Boulder, Colorado’s generous
has a legendary springtime heaping of ski resorts, visit Vail
party scene at “The Beach” www.coloradoski.com
parking lot, but no one would
be there if the skiing didn’t If you make the
deliver. om) and its sister hill, Mary effort and drive
Jane, are a 75-mile drive from through the Eisenhower/Lincoln
The highest-elevation ski Boulder. These areas are tunnels, you can stop at
resort in the state, Arapahoe known for bump skiing and Breckenridge, Keystone, or
opens earlier, keeps its snow greater acreage than Eldora, Copper — but (no offense) you
longer, and stays open later might as well go all the way to
than most resorts. Loveland and A-Basin.
Vail Resort (vail.snow.com),
They also greatly increased The neighboring town of about a 100-mile drive from
the skiing acreage with the Fraser is an authentic, funky Boulder.
recent opening of Montezuma little mountain town with a Or to neighboring Beaver
Bowl. sense of place (like Creek Resort
100-year-old buildings and (www.beavercreek.com), for
4
actual history) that many that matter, which is less
Colorado ski resorts lack. crowded.
Winter Park The Summit County resorts
Mary Jane, in fact, was
tend to hold their snow better
Winter Park Resort and accumulate more than the
(www.skiwinterpark.c windswept Front Range resorts.
club notes
rock out
BACKCOUNTRY
Work for it
Five ski spots worth hiking to

Snow doesn’t only
fall at Colorado’s
ski resorts
By Philip Armour
S
ki lifts are great, but lift
tickets are expensive and
resort slopes crowded.
With training in avalanche
evaluation, rescue and first aid, a
strong skier/snowboarder with the
proper safety equipment (beacon,
shovel, probe) and experienced
partners can access millions of
square acres of backcountry skiing
in Colorado — from gnarly ski
mountaineering feats in on the
14ers to mellow kick and glides
through the forest.
The Rocky Mountains offer
“incredible skiing beyond the
resort ropes,” according to Pete
Swensen, director US Ski
Mountaineering Association
(www.ussma.org). “Getting there
just takes some extra work.”
1
Berthoud Pass
A ski area operated Jake Williams floats through the powder as he rides through a glade on the northeast side of Berthoud Pass. Rocky Mountain News file photo
sporadically from
1937 to 2001 off
11,307-foot Berthoud Pass on On the Web
4
U.S. 40 on the way to Winter
Park. The lifts have since been The Boulder Outdoor Club
removed, but the fantastic offers avalanche clinics and
Bear Lake
skiing remains. snow reports at
Friends of Berthoud Pass www.boc123.com, and In Rocky Mountain
(www.berthoudpass.org) www.summitpost.org has
organizes avalanche clinics and National Park, head
trail information.
groups skis. for the Bear Lake Trailhead,
3
where the skiing is steeper
2
Indian Peaks than off Trail Ridge Road, the
park’s unplowed through road.
Dry Gulch The Indian Peaks
just west of Boulder
5
The Dry Gulch Trail are a classic spring
parking lot just east skiing destination. Torreys Peak
of the Eisenhower/ Take the Brainard Lake Road
Lincoln tunnels near Loveland near Ward to access trails for
Ski Resort offers quick access 12,979-foot Mount Toll. Before
the gate opens around Along with its
to steep skiing, like the Memorial Day, ride bikes into neighbor Grays Peak,
13,294-foot Citadel (a.k.a. the trailhead.
Snoopy) or 13,195-foot Hagar 14,267-foot Torreys Peak sits
The 4th of July trailhead in right on the Continental Divide.
Mountain. Eldora offers access to
13,400-foot South Arapaho Access from the Stevens Gulch Boarders head into the backcountry from the Bear Lake Trailhead. File
Peak. Trailhead. photo Carmel Zucker

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Derek Brouwer’s We’re at the Bike to Work Day according to his proud papa.
breakfast station at Whole Foods Mary Rios, the founder of the
12-mile commute on Pearl Street earlier this 62-member Boulder Unicyclist
to Boulder — on a summer, and Brouwer needs to
recharge before heading out again.
Club (www.boulderuni.com),
speaks fondly of Brouwer, who is a
unicycle A 43-year-old systems architect for member.
a local software company, he’s “He gets out there quite a bit,”
By Philip Armour been unicycling for the last hour she says in a phone interview
For the Colorado Daily and a half and is sweating about seeing him at Hall Ranch in
D
erek Brouwer has heard profusely. Lyons or Walker Ranch west of Derek Brouwer commutes to work on his unicycle earlier this summer
every heckle in the book. “I need a massage,” he declares Boulder. as part of Bike to Work day. File photo Marty Caivano
“Where are your juggling and gets into line for the free During the school year, Rios
balls?” is common and so is “Look, massage booth. hosts a unicycle clinic every Friday time wanting to talk about the ground per pedal stroke.
a clown.” But most often he gets: Back on the road, Brouwer and afternoon at the South Boulder unicycle or try it out. “I’m not into
“You lost your other wheel.” He His unicycle has typical
I ride back streets to his office. I Recreation Center. that or anything,” he says “But it’s
usually quips back: “I don’t need follow him on my cruiser and “I love the sport, because I suck commuter gadgets, like a light on
pretty cool.” the seat post and cycle computer,
my training wheel any more!” but watch as he steers with a dainty at it,” Brouwer laughs. “I get to
the mood on the road was lighter hip twist (No handlebars, constantly enjoy getting better at The wheel on his commuter plus untypical gadgets, like an
on Wednesday. remember?) and flaps his arms for it.” It’s also a great workout, he unicycle — a chrome Coker — is a inflatable Kris Holm seat with a
“There’s a different crowd out balance. says, and claims to have “abs that massive 36 inches in diameter. He handle. For safety gear, he wears a
there today,” says Brouwer, who Brouwer has been unicycling can bounce bullets,” if you peel owns seven unicycles. On this one, helmet and unicycling Kris Holm
rides his unicycle 12 miles from for three years and got into it away the fat. his head is a good eight feet off the gloves with wrist support. The
Erie to Boulder about once a week. because of his 17-year-old son, His wife doesn’t like to hear it, ground, but the added wheel pedals are wide, flat downhill
“Actually friendly.” who is “stunningly good,” but women come up to him all the diameter allows him to cover more mountain bike pedals.

SKATING
Rip it up
Skate Colorado
By Philip Armour
specific moves, municipalities (www.woodwardskateparks.net)
have chipped in to construct skate does have an indoor facility.
T
here are 23 skateboard parks parks to keep riders from
destroying public property. Most open dawn till dusk,
along the Front Range,
weather permitting.
according Coskate.com, Besides the list below, other
which has directions to each highly rated parks in the area
location and helpful descriptions. include Northside Park in Fort Skate parks
Skateboarding has other Collins, the Colorado Springs
popular disciplines, such as skateboard park and Parker Park Boulder Skate Park
longboarding and slalom, but the in Parker, southwest of Aurora. Scott Carpenter Park, 30th Street
acrobatic moves associated with and Arapahoe Avenue
All these parks are free and
“street” and “vert” riding seem to 303-441-3427
outdoors, but if it’s dumping snow
draw the most riders. www.boulderparks-rec.org
and you absolutely must skate,
Because these types of riding Woodward Skateparks in
require obstacles to perform the Lakewood Sandstone Ranch Skateboard
Park
3001 E. Highway 119, Longmont
Same Day Appointments Available!
All Sports Medicine Problems Treated Nathan Lazarus Skatepark
145 East St., Nederland
www.nathanlazarusskatepark.com
Brighton Skate Complex

1101 Judicial Center Parkway,
Brighton
Denver Skatepark
Lisa Brone, MD 2205 19th St., Denver
Board Certified in Family Medicine & Sports Medicine www.denverskatepark.com
Sports Physicals
Pioneer Skatepark
www.allsportsmedboulder.com
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3825 Iris Ave., Suite 300 • Boulder, CO
720.563.9469
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