Denver’s Top Lawyers 2021
Everyone needs an attorney every now and again. Here, the ones you should reach out to when that time comes.
Magazine Section: Features
The Inherent Dangers of Backcountry Skiing in Colorado’s Mountains
What can a fatal backcountry skiing accident on Jones Pass, on the west side of the Continental Divide, teach us about Colorado’s snowcat outfitters? And can these quintessential Centennial State adventures ever truly be safe?
Keeping I-70 Clear: A Photo Essay
Meet the men and women who work day and night in tough winter conditions to make safe our most critical east-west thoroughfare.
The Best of the Mountain West
Celebrating 26 captivating people, beautiful places, and irresistible things endemic to our special slice of America in 2020.
Why Did Palantir Technologies Move Its Headquarters From Silicon Valley to Denver?
The secretive and controversial data-mining firm moved its headquarters to LoDo earlier this year. And while some city and state government officials lobbied for the relocation, others are furious. Here’s why that should matter to all of us.
These Residential Spaces Will Inspire You To Go Bold in 2021
Looking to take amp up your home’s style? Allow these five stellar designs—the winners of the ’20–’21 Top Denver Design contest—to be your guiding lights.
The Best Home Shops and Design Services in Denver Right Now
You voted. We tallied. Our editors picked their favorites. Introducing our first-ever list of the city’s 46 most beloved design resources, from architecture firms to rug boutiques, antiques shops to landscape designers. You can thank us later.
Living With Depression and Anxiety During a Global Pandemic
With mood disorders on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, people who’ve never experienced mental health issues are enduring some of the emotions I feel almost every day of my life. Maybe that’s why I can finally tell my story.
The 5280 Guide to Avoiding Consumer Scams
Fraud is up across Colorado. We show you how to protect yourself.
Patterns and Textures Galore in Greenwood Village
A 10,000-square-foot Cape Cod–style home reveals the secrets to making an expansive footprint feel cozy.
Easy, Breezy Living in Eagle
How the owners of a design-build firm made a home for themselves that flawlessly suits their lifestyle and values—and the house’s mountain environs.
A Book Lover’s Guide to Colorado
Whether you want to trace the footsteps of authors past or help our literary institutions survive to see a post-coronavirus future, consider the following required reading. Plus: 15 recently published books by Centennial State writers to add to your collection.
What It’s Like to Experience Homelessness During a Global Pandemic
Life, loss, fear, and hope in one Denver homeless encampment as the novel coronavirus upended services for some of the city’s most vulnerable citizens.
The 5280 Insider’s Guide To Rediscovering Boulder
As the state continues to reopen after a tough summer, it’s the perfect time to rediscover locales close to home, like this city at the base of the foothills. Welcome to the Boulder you’ve been overlooking.
8 Ways To Ease Overcrowding at Our National Parks
Rocky Mountain National Park has been overrun with visitors for years. Throw social distancing measures into the mix and thinning the herd becomes even more complicated—and necessary.
How Twin Pandemics Transformed Denver’s Black Leadership
The confluence of COVID-19 and this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests brought a new generation of Black leaders to the forefront of Mile High City politics and activism.
Front Range County Jails Have a Suicide Problem
Far too many Colorado jail inmates are dying from suicide, a cause of death critics say can be prevented with reasonable health care services. The problem? Private correctional health care firms may have a goal other than providing adequate care.
Denver’s Top Doctors 2020
For more than 25 years, 5280 has asked physicians in the Denver area whom they would trust to treat themselves or a loved one. The following 339 doctors—in 98 specialties—were nominated by their peers this year.
A Renovated Boulder Cabin That Embraces the Good Life
HMH Architecture & Interiors gives a past-its-prime timber cabin in Boulder a remodel that makes the most of its singular setting.
Old, New, and a Touch of Glam in Polo Club
A long-overlooked home in Polo Club lucks out when new owners with dialed-in design instincts buy and renovate it.
