On the Ice
Meet the Coloradans who choose to spend half their lives on the planet’s most inhospitable continent.
Magazine Section: Features
The Life of the Party
Bob Beauprez came off the ranch to lead the state GOP, won one of the tightest U.S. Congressional races in history, and now he’s the Republican frontrunner in the Colorado governor’s race. What would JFK say?
A Touch of Sleep
Fighting family man DaVarryl Williamson takes his last shot at greatness.
How the West Was One
Hundreds of teenagers. A herd of mustangs. One man with a vision. In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains rides a cavalry that just might change the world.
Small Wonder
How a designer and mother of three found paradisein 950 square feet.
Melo’s Transition Game
Drug bust. Bar fight. Gangster cameo. Benched at the Olympics. Feuds with his coaches. After a season to forget, 21-year-old Carmelo Anthony is an NBA star who’s now learning to live without the ball.
Naked Ambition
Meet Troy Lowrie. Family man. Philanthropist. And king of Colorado strip clubs.
Colorado’s Most Amazing and Punishing (and Magical) Race
How an unemployed, gun-totin’ rock-blaster saved a dying mining town with nothing more than a brutal 100-mile footrace, some of the world’s most supremely conditioned geeks, and a pack of llamas.
Wild Things
The Chief Concern
Police Chief Gerry Whitman is respected by ministers and reviled by his own cops. Should Denver be worried?
Have You Heard the One about the Comedian Who Laid Down on the Train Tracks?
For years Denver comic Don Becker battled mental illness, struggling with psychosis and paranoid delusions. Then one night the voices in his head offered him peace-but at a terrible price. One man’s story of madness, humor, and unexpected redemption.
Somethin’s Gotta Give
Elway Alone
Top of the Mountains 2004
Power Shopping
Broken Treaties
Government officials promised Arlo Looking Cloud a deal if he’d help them solve one of the most notorious murders in Native American history. So what’s he doing in prison?
Project: Cheerleader
Thirty-six-year-old wife, mother, and career woman Leigh Gauger embarkd on a secret mission to be a professional cheerleader. Again. If only for a little while.
Private Stites Should Have Been Saved
Why are so many army soldiers committing suicide? Take a look at its basic training and the tragic death of Private Nolan Stites.
Conduct Unbecoming
Is he a rapist or a pawn in a military game to discredit the Air Force Academy sex scandal? For the first time, Douglas Meester answers the charges.
Born to Run
Long-distance running legend Joe Vigil followed a reclusive tribe of Mexican ultramarathoners into the Rocky Mountains hoping to find the secret of its success—and discovered a way of life.
