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Everything Coloradans Never Knew They Needed To Understand About Hemp

Our comprehensive guide to the nonintoxicating version of cannabis.

A Rookie’s Guide to Surviving Colorado’s Backcountry

Avoid these seven mistakes to stay safe in the wilderness.

The Keyhole on Longs Peak

10 Classic Western Landmarks You Should Visit Now

From Colorado’s Black Canyon to Montana’s Glacier National Park, here’s our list of the Mountain West’s 10 most iconic landmarks.

A First-Timer’s Guide to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Twenty years ago, Congress declared 14 miles of Colorado’s deepest canyon worthy of national park status. If you’ve stood along the edge of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park’s namesake chasm, you understand why—yet the Black is still the state’s least-visited national park. We suggest you go before that changes.

Your (Perhaps a Bit Too Detailed) Introduction to Denver’s Sexual Revolution

Dive into the Mile High City’s growing sex-positive community to better understand how to improve your, ahem, nighttime activities.

The 5280 Holiday Survival Guide

December is fraught with the potential for poor decision-making in Colorado: ill-fated travel plans, gear you buy as a gift for her that’s really for you, pot edibles as stocking stuffers. Don’t let bad ideas mar all the merriment. Use this manual to avoid 16 common missteps and find better ways to enjoy whatever you happen to be celebrating this month.

The Art of Dying Well

It’s been nearly two years since Colorado passed the End-of-Life Options Act. How has the controversial law affected Centennial Staters, and how, exactly, does one plan for a good death?

Royal Gorge white-water rafting

The Best Paddling Adventures in the West

Colorado and its neighbors may not have access to open water, but they’re hotbeds for paddle sports of all kinds nonetheless.

High-Country Hut Trips: Ruby Jewel Yurt

High-Country Hut Trips: The Sneffels Traverse

High-Country Hut Trips

Eleven off-the-grid escapes perfect for summer adventures.

The Keyhole on Longs Peak

10 Classic Western Landmarks You Should Visit Now

From Colorado’s Black Canyon to Montana’s Glacier National Park, here’s our list of the Mountain West’s 10 most iconic landmarks.

Denver’s Live Music Scene Is Better Than Ever

Twenty-two things you don’t know—but should!—about the Mile High City’s rockin’ music scene.

The Ultimate Guide to Colorado Distilleries: A Southern Girl Discovers Bourbon (In Colorado)

It took a taste test of Colorado bourbons to bring this Southerner to the dark side.

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The Very Real Ways the Trump Administration is Affecting Colorado

The complex, bewildering, topsy-turvy, mostly unquantifiable—but nonetheless substantive—ramifications of the Trump administration on Colorado after 244 days* in office.

Harold Lee Miller

One Man’s Tragic Journey Through the Colorado Legal System

In 2012, Tom Fallis watched his wife die by suicide. More than four years later, he stood trial for a murder that never was. This is how it happened.

Michael Byers

Are We Loving Colorado’s Wild Places to Death?

If Coloradans want to continue to play in unadulterated wildlands, they’re going to have to learn to better care for them. We show you how.

Royal Gorge white-water rafting

The Best Paddling Adventures in the West

Colorado and its neighbors may not have access to open water, but they’re hotbeds for paddle sports of all kinds nonetheless.

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The Hipsterfication Of Denver

The skinny-jeans-loving, tattoo-sporting, ironic-glasses-wearing set has descended on the Mile High City in a big way in recent years. But who are these tragically cool people, exactly? What drives them? And how is this notoriously apathetic counterculture shaping Denver’s landscape? (Not that we really care, of course.)

Our Annual Must-Have List of Denver’s Top Doctors

With 315 physicians in 95 medical specialties, we’re bound to have the doc you need.

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