Tom Filippini founded three Colorado companies before accepting that his out-of-control drinking was killing him. When he finally got sober, he created Pepper Pong.
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The Partners in the Outdoors conference ended in disaster last year. Now CPW must put the pieces back together.
The agency is calling on wildlife, recreation and conservation communities to rebuild its broken model
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PHOTOS: Leadville 100 draws hundreds of runners in the 40th “Race Across the Sky”
In the grueling 100-mile run through the Sawatch Range, hundreds fell short of the 30-hour cutoff
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Water-related deaths are on the rise in Colorado. But this rescue on the Arkansas River had a happy ending.
Jeff Hammond spends day after day along the Arkansas River, in the cold and the heat and the wind, telling people to put on their life jackets, or making sure they have a permit to camp, or — sometimes — performing rescues like the one in which he pulled a mom, her daughter and their […]
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A tutu-wearing guide is leading the way as women fill the ranks of Colorado’s raft industry
Elisha McArthur wants women and girls to feel the power of rowing their own raft
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Colorado backcountry off-roading program puts disabled adventurers on the throttle
Return to Dirt lets people with spinal cord injuries take the wheel in specially equipped off-road rigs that can be driven with adaptive controls.
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Seven Peaks music festival won’t return to Colorado’s San Luis Valley
The three-day country music Seven Peaks festival started in 2019 in Buena Vista and moved to Villa Grove last year. Founder Dierks Bentley said it could move to Red Rocks this year.
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This Grand Junction company makes the “world’s best sleeping bags” — but you won’t find them in stores
As more businesses look for success in Colorado’s Grand Valley, Wiggy’s remains one of the mainstays of the region’s growing outdoor recreation industry
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String of 20 thefts at horse ranches across Colorado’s Front Range has stables on alert
In each instance, thieves smashed car windows, stole purses and drove to a nearby Walmart to buy prepaid gift cards
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How to retain resort employees? Colorado ski areas are building workforce housing — at the resorts
Like nearly every Colorado ski hill, Winter Park needed big money to help fix its employee housing problem. Enter its deep pocketed operator, Alterra, with a blueprint others can follow.