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WB2 Colorado Daily Welcome Back Monday, August 24, 2009
OUTDOOR
RECREATION INDEX
Rock gyms: .............. 3
ROCK WORK
Bolder Boulder:....... 6 Rock gyms
Pro runners:............. 8
Ski passes:............. 17
Ski rentals:............. 21
Ski sales:................ 24
Hiking trails:.......... 26
Trail running:.......... 29
Colorado 14ers:...... 31
Rock climbing:........ 34
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.
303-443-1505
Colorado Athletic Owner Rob Candelaria opened
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The deal: Movement Climbing the facility in 1988 and was one of
Training School
and Fitness is a new the first climbing walls in the
22,000-square-foot complex Where: 2400 30th St. nation.
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RUN HARD
Get ready
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Tommy Rokita works hard to climb the last hill to Folsom Field during
the 2009 Bolder Boulder. File photo Paul Aiken
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• Clothing must be in good condition
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
Street near Iris Avenue.
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or in shopping bags. No hangers, please. By Elizabeth Miller
underway at
For the Colorado Daily
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very Memorial Day for the
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fun! (No appointments are necessary.) Boulder have crowded with
participants in what has become
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
Washington, D.C.
weeks to train
levels, or past experience. This past May, nearly 55,000
— Start with mixed
people gathered for the Bolder
walking and running for
Boulder, which is as much a
www.platosclosetboulder.com street party as a road race.
20-30 minutes
2510 Arapahoe Ave • 303.444.2274 — Begin with a 10
But before they charged away
SW corner of 28th and Arapahoe, minute walking warm-up
from the starting line and toward
just down from Safeway next to Petco — Add five minutes in
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
SEE RACE , PAGE 7
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Runners nearing the finish line at the 2009 Bolder Boulder. File photo Paul Aiken
RACE from 6
“Everyone can do a lot more
than they think they’re capable
This year, 38 performers lined
the race route, which starts on
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
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,
303.938.0330
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.
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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
By Elizabeth Miller
For the Colorado Daily
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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
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Dosa
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CLUB STYLE
Herve Leger
Citizens of Humanity
Seven Jeans
James Perse
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Vince
Diane Von Furnstenberg
Yves Saint Laurent
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Dries van Noten
Rick Owens
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Chloé
Phillip Lim
Theory
Haute Hippie
Marni
Isabel Marant
Givenchy
Genetic Jeans
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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1177 Wal nut St reet - B o ul d er • 3 03. 449. 9200
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Ho ur s : M o n- Sat 10- 6, Sund ay 12- 5 TRAIN from 12
the sport but not know how to
pursue it without support.
Popular clubs:
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
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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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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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
Reynolds Ranch and the west — Aggressive dogs are prohibited
lake at Twin Lakes offer off-leash — Dogs must be vaccinated and display a license
areas for dogs. — Owners need to be attentive to their dogs
Owners interested in using the — Owners should avoid bringing more than three dogs to the
voice-and-sight program must park at a time
view a video and have a tag issued — Avoid bringing children, puppies or dogs in heat.
for their dog to wear. The video is
on the Open Space and Mountain
Parks Web site: www.osmp.org.
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riders who don’t plan to hit the Arapahoe Basin — or the
slopes every weekend from Intrawest resorts, which are
November to April. Winter Park/Mary Jane, Copper
“If you’re going to ski more and Steamboat.
than four or five days, it’s still a Prices for passes fluctuate
bargain to get a pass,” said Mary through the year. The prices
Woolwine, director of marketing advertised now are expected to
for Winter Park Resort. increase around Labor Day.
“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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Cathy Wiedemer makes waist deep tracks at the Steamboat Ski Area.
Associated Press file photo
Gearing up
on a budget
Local options allow weekend rental.
They take advance reservations
for sampling online, which Annaliese Seidel,
outdoor sports assistant coordinator for the
Outdoor Program, recommended
for busy times, including Labor
By Elizabeth Miller
For the Colorado Daily Day weekend, fall break and
O
utdoor sports can be spring break.
expensive. Really “The Outdoor Program is here
expensive. to provide good outdoor services,”
So for new Colorado residents she said. “We lead trips but we
just hoping to get a taste for the also want to provide people who
great outdoors available in have their own trips planned with
Boulder’s backyard, dropping a quality gear.”
few hundred dollars on a tent or a Outdoors Program staff talks to
set of skis can be scary enough to students to make sure the gear
make sitting on the couch look they check out matches their
like the best way to blow a needs. Staff can also provide
Saturday afternoon. information or resources for
Local companies and the planning, including driving
University of Colorado’s Outdoor directions and permits.
Program rent gear at affordable Equipment available to
rates, and usually pass it on with a checkout does not include any
little good advice. technical mountaineering gear.
The Outdoor Program “We’d rather take you on the
equipment office, located on the trip and teach you the gear than
upper floor of the CU Recreation just check out the gear and hope
Center, rents tents, sleeping bags, for the best,” Seidel said.
sleeping pads, snowshoes, Trips offered vary from rock
trekking poles and climbing climbing to fly fishing.
shoes. For $20, a student can The Boulder REI store also
check out a sleeping bag for the rents camp stoves, tents,
weekend to make sleeping in the backpacks, sleeping bags/pads,
woods or crashing on the floor of and snowshoes. Mountaineering
a friend’s condo at a ski area more gear, paddling gear, and Nordic
comfortable. skis can be rented from the
Weeklong rentals also are Denver flagship store.
available for double the price of a SEE GEAR, PAGE 22
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Some current season products
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and Colorado State Parks
ccording to the city of
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Boulder, the city’s Open
have great local trail
Spaces and Mountain Parks
information, as does
receive 5.3 million visits each year
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— about as many as Yellowstone Range hikes.
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wildflowers, spot poodle-
snatching mountain lions and ogle
dramatic rock formations.
Sugarloaf
The 19th-century miners who
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Justin Roth, right, and Kristin Marine, of Boulder, hike Betasso Preserve located off of Sugarloaf Road. For
that the very wilderness that SEE HIKES, PAGE 28 Colorado Daily Zak Wood
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Chautauqua Trailhead, the
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Hidden in the Flatirons, this
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C.U. Student
frames the Boulder valley to the
southeast and the massive
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The three-mile loop
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place to bring a lunch, as Canyon Trailhead off
numerous picnic tables and
Gulch Baseline Road and get onto the
memorial benches adorn the Ranger Trail, which leads you
Boulder Rattlesnake Gulch up 5.45 miles to the summit of
773-acre backcountry area.
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hike rewards visitors with
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www.jazzercise.com Turn right again at Betasso 1908. Boulder County’s back range,
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west and plains views to the Mountain National Park.
east.
running trails
File photo Stephanie
Davis
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ou don’t need us to discover
the popular Boulder Canyon
Trail from Eben G. Fine
Park or the Mesa trail, with its
multitude of variations.
Just follow the runners.
Perhaps more than biking (or
yoga), running is the signature
Boulder sport.
And besides these popular
areas, the mountains are riddled
with trails.
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C Loop
The 6.76-mile C
Loop from the
Chautauqua Amphitheater
circles National Center for
Atmospheric Research on parts
of Mesa Trail.
Skirting the Flatirons is what
makes this run special.
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Marshall Mesa
Loop
The nine-mile
Marshall Mesa Loop off Hwy
170 near Eldorado via the
More info
USA Track and Field’s Web
site, www.usatf.org, has a
feature called America’s
Running Routes that list
484 runs in the Boulder
area from half-mile to
75-plus-mile routes.
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Sanitas, so the legs can get
wobbly on the steady uphill
BoBolink Trail climb.
But the views of Boulder from
The BoBolink the summit cannot be beat.
trailhead at Baseline
Road and Cherryvale Avenue is
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a 6.59-mile out and back run
through flat Boulder Open Wonderland Lake
Space land.
It’s flat, pastoral and
meditative. Get onto the
Wonderland Lake
trailhead on north Broadway
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and circle Wonderland Lake,
Mount Sanitas then head north on the trials to
Foothills trailhead, for a five-
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At the top of
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Not all of More info
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G Mount
et off the Hill and into some
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Colorado has 54
Elbert
mountains in excess of 14,000 feet
Despite being the
in elevation, not to mention the highest point in Colorado,
756 peaks and promontories of Mount Elbert (14,433 feet) is a
13,000 feet or higher. pretty straightforward hike up a
Summitting all 54 14ers can be long ridge.
a lifetime goal, a summer suffer- As the tallest 14er, it scores
fest or, in the case of Chris big bragging rights, plus the
Davenport, a one-winter ski Colorado Avalanche carried the
mountaineering marathon. Stanley Cup up there after
winning the trophy in 2001.
For most hikers, though,
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two is enough.
Gary Roache’s and Lou
Mount
Dawson’s guide books — both Evans
named (surprise!) “Colorado’s
Fourteeners” — are the go-to Mount Evans
resources for the casual hiker, (14,264 feet) is unique
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bike — to the top, which makes
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tips. SEE 14ERS, PAGE 33
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Range.
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the fat-tire set, and despite being Left Hand Canyon Road
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town (such as the Mesa trail) for 15 miles of trails. Mark Bauman, left, and Jeff Farmelo head up Wapiti Trail on Heil Valley Ranch Open Space. File photo
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ant to breathe like Lance
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The ride from
There are myriad route Boulder to Lyons to
St. Vrain Canyon is a
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through the Front Range and as the Fruit Loop.
nearly as many pelotons to join. Head north on U.S. 36 to
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Peak to Peak Road and turn right on South
McCaslin, cross U.S. 36, and
get onto 120th Avenue.
Lyons and turn left up This 50-to-60-mile
Allenspark and St. Vrain Canyon ride runs from Rolling hills and the famous
on Old St. Vrain Road. A nice Boulder to Ward to the Peak to loop for the Red Zinger Classic
mix of flats and climbs and Peak Highway to Nederland to road races in the 1970s and
dubbed the Fruit Loop for the Boulder.
areas apple orchards. ’80s.
Head north on U.S. 36, turn
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Hygiene Loop then left in Nederland. El Dorado
Flat at first, this ride is about Canyon
They Hygiene Loop long climbs and fast descents.
is a 30-mile ride from
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Nelson Road to Hygiene Road. winds south on the bike paths
Red Zinger Loop and turns right into El Dorado
Just head north on 36, turn
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Canyon, Hygiene to 75th, to the The 30-mile Morgul- choose, then turn around.
Bismark Route runs
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(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
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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
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BACKCOUNTRY
Work for it
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.”
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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
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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,
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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
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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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EXTREME
Getting there
One-wheeled commute
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.
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By Philip Armour
For the Colorado Daily
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which has directions to each highly rated parks in the area
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Skateboarding has other Collins, the Colorado Springs
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