Outdoor Recreation

After more than a decade covering outdoor news from Minneapolis, it was time to move to the mountains.

The River will fill space on the first floor of the Lydian, a $40 million mixed-use building with 129 apartments, a restaurant and retail.

Following successful 14er guides, a former mining engineer and avid hiker has set his sights on wilderness areas of northern and central Colorado.

After less than a year in state, Mike Murrell has launched a van shuttle service to Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin.

At age 50, a Denver native is opening her first gym, franchised from a New York-based chain.

Packrafting “was once the sport of this ultra-hardcore adventure community,” Kelley Smith said. “But now it’s more mainstream.”

Sturm Foundation funds construction of Sisters Cabin, the first new hut in 20 years.

In Frisco, Avant Alpine rents out skis only from smaller manufacturers

Matt North has turned machine tinkering into a business turning basic vans into off-the-grid adventure rigs.