Colorado

Founded in Ouray, Colorado in 1999, Chicks With Picks takes women on ice climbing adventures. Head Chick Kim Reynolds, who began ice climbing in 1982, told the Watch:

“It isn’t unusual as it used to be to see women out there ice climbing together,” she said. “I feel like … Read the rest

Don’t try this at home. In fact, don’t try this anywhere.
The footage, which comes from Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus gang’s new movie ‘Thrillbillies: Doublewide‘, was most likely shot on a tree farm so that MTV and all the other corporate backers of the flick avoid getting nailed… Read the rest

You may have heard of Eric Weihenmayer before. His Everest summit was damn impressive, given the fact that he’s blind. Turns out he’s not just a talented mountaineer, but a strong rock climber as well. 
[via: Vertical Carnival]… Read the rest

When you’ve grown up in the Northwest with mountains practically at your back door, it’s hard to imagine living in a place where winter powder isn’t a reality. But there are plenty of people out there who don’t live near snow, and even worse, have never even seen the white… Read the rest

Check out this amazing video of our friends Andy Lewis aka Mr. Slackline and all-around rockstar Timmy O’Neill walking the 100-foot-long Sleep Walk Highline in Dream Canyon, Colorado. Andy shot the majority of the footage with a GoPro HERO. You boys are crazy and awesome!… Read the rest

Mountain unicycling — more commonly known as muni — is slowly becoming the new hot way to explore peaks. Now you and I might not think that summiting peaks atop a unicycle sounds like fun, but there are people out there that do. Like 14Fourteeners, a group of Colorado-based mountain… Read the rest

Art, adventure, culture, and the environment — pretty much everything that Wend loves in life. Which is why we’re big fans of this weekend’s Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, CO.
Celebrating its 31st year, Mountainfilm draws a big crowd, from internationally renowned filmmakers to conservationists. This year the big headliner is… Read the rest

Thanks to Gov. Bill Ritter, cyclists in Colorado can feel a bit safer vis a vis their four wheeled counterparts. Yesterday he signed a bill aimed at protecting the rights of cyclists; the measure requires that “drivers give cyclists at least three feet of space when passing or risk a… Read the rest

No matter how sunny your weekend is shaping up to be, this photo by Alex Kerney is sure to inspire some chills. Taken at the Monarch Mountain Boatercross, Kerney captured David Spiegel and Josh Bechtel flying across the finish line of one crazy race — yes that is icy water.… Read the rest

Going through all the entries for the March “trail” shots contest is one of the highlights of our week, so keep submitting, because there’s still one more Friday to win!
Today’s shot comes from David Delagarza, who captured the great colors of the wildflowers near the summit of Columbine Pass… Read the rest

March is the month for the best “trail” shots, and today’s goes to Hal Amen. The highest peak in Colorado’s Ten Mile Range, Quandary Peak lies just south of Breckenridge. “We got a late start, but the day was so brilliantly clear that it didn’t matter. The trail climbed through… Read the rest

With a name like “Never-Summer” we had to choose this photo as our last one for February’s snow day theme. Photo props go to Kate Calder who captured all the action of the Colorado slopes and the incredibly sunny day in this excellent shot.
Ready for another Friday Photo contest?… Read the rest

Pikes Peak in Colorado is the second most visited mountain after Japan’s Mount Fuji. But many of the 15,000 annual visitors who attempt to climb the mountain don’t understand the concept of “what goes up, must come down.” “Some of the people just say ‘I want to get to the… Read the rest

At 365 feet, Bridal Veil Falls is Colorado’s tallest free falling waterfall. When it freezes, it’s also one of the most difficult ice climbs in the country. Last week on February 12, to celebrate the re-opening of the climb, Erik Weihenmayer, who lost his sight at age 13, and Chad… Read the rest

While you were watching the inauguration today you may have missed a startling story that is of concern to cyclists everywhere. In our continuing coverage of strange encounters between beasts and bikes I am happy to bring you bovine vs. bicyclist.
A Casual Encounter
After noticing a cow on the… Read the rest