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The Fox Mountain Guides instructor talks to us about climbing and how she turned her passion for the sport into a career.
When did you start climbing?
A friend in college asked me to check out the wall at one of our campus gyms. This wall consisted of five ropes and was barely 20 feet high, but [...]

Yes, it’s fall! Colors changing, apple picking, kids and me back in school…these are the good times. Can you smell the forest? I can. Pulling on my favorite hoodie and heading outside to “rake” the leaves is always a blast for me even as an adult. I [...]

Whether your home is big or small, you need a place to sit, eat, sleep and play—and storage for your stuff. But finding home décor that reflects your personal style can be a challenge, especially if you’re dedicated to creating a healthy home (and contributing to a healthy planet). We’re here to help with a [...]

Currently, I am on a wonderful vacation up in the mountains enjoying the beautiful outdoors. But while on vacation, I always get worried about the meals I will be having each day. This time I was in charge of meals and got to cook for the family, which was a lot of fun. 

When I used [...]

There is an epiphanal moment in our adult lives that I’ll call the “Nutritional Awakening.” For some, it’s a dire situation brought on by health concerns or first-time pregnancy. For others, it’s inspired by a book like Skinny Bitch, read at precisely the right time.
For me, it was Joe, a personal trainer in über-fit Boulder, [...]

By Bettina Freese
I took my son to the woods the week I brought him home from the NICU. I was trying to make up for all of the bright lights and chaos that we experienced after he prematurely left the womb. He spent his first week in the NICU amidst the cacophony of beeping monitors [...]