Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns, June 2007

Colorado’s Classic Mountain Towns, June 2007

In 2006, I researched and wrote Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns, a guidebook about some of my favorite ski towns in the world. Along the way, I got to flyfish the Fraser river, attend the Telluride Film Festival, stay at the Ritz-Carleton Bachelor Gulch, drink beer at the Minturn Inn and the Eldo and the Red Onion and the Last Dollar, run the Steamboat half-marathon, and hike to the highest named pass in Colorado. Along the way, I learned more than I ever thought I would about kiddie mazes, pack outfitters, pancakes, powder stashes, and coffee shops—and put 7,000 miles on my 1992 Honda Accord.

The official jacket copy: Colorado's spectacular ski towns—like Aspen, Vail, Telluride, and Crested Butte—offer far more than just skiing: they offer some of the best hiking, mountain biking, fishing, shopping, dining, and lodging in the world, and all year round to boot. Author Evelyn Spence, a former editor of Skiing magazine and an avid outdoorswoman, has turned the state's classic mountain spots upside down to find quirky annual festivals, superb Rocky Mountain cuisine, historic B&B's, trout-filled streams, powder-choked runs, Manhattan-worthy shopping, and jaw-dropping drives. Whether you want to sleep under the stars or inside a toasty mountain lodge, this guide will help you plan the ultimate Colorado mountain experience.

“A crisp and critical approach for travelers who want to live like locals.” —USA Today

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Backpacker

 iHike, June 2008 (pdf)
North America’s Highest Sandbox, April 2008 (pdf)
National Parks Report Card, August 2007 (pdf)
Hike Farther, Hike Stronger, May 2007 (pdf)
Classics Without Crowds, September 2006 (pdf)
Take the Ultimate Road Trip, October 2003 (pdf)

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Men’s Journal

 Team America, March 2008 (pdf)
The New TV Guides, September 2006 (pdf)
The Kings of Whistler, August 2006 (pdf)
How’d They Get That Shot? May 2006
25 Classic Adventure Trips, TK

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Skiing

 Humping Man, November 2005 (pdf)
Haute Route Sufferfest, November 2004 (pdf)
King of the Hill, December 2004 (pdf)
Welcome to Sickboat, December 2003 (pdf)
Crossing the Range of Light, March/April 2003 (pdf)
Big Small Muscles, November 2007 (pdf)
Anatomy: Panorama’s Taynton Bowl (pdf)
Anatomy: Sunshine Village’s Delirum Dive (pdf)
Untracked Line: Mica Heli Guides, September 2004 (pdf)
Untracked Line: Chugach Powder Guides, TK (pdf)
Inside Line: Alpental, November 2003 (pdf)
Don’t Get Shattered, December 2006
15-Minute Fitness, December 2006
Tele Guide 2004, December 2003
2005 Telemark Test, December 2004
2006 Telemark Test, December 2005
2008 Telemark Test, September 2007
Skiing Full Throttle: The Patchouli Triangle, January 2005
Untracked Line: Chic-Choc Mountain Lodge, TK
Untracked Line: Hellroaring Ski Adventures, November 2004
Anatomy: Moonlight Basin’s Headwaters, December 2006
Julian Carr: Special Flying Power, February 2006
Meg Olenick: Tall Girls Finish First, December 2006
Inside Line: Kicking Horse
Inside Line: Wolf Creek, December 2004
Inside Line: Berthoud, March/April 2003
Inside Line: Solitude, December 2003
Inside Line: Castle Mountain, September 2003
Inside Line: Mammoth, September 2002
Inside Line: Telluride, October 2002
Inside Line: Arapahoe Basin, February 2003

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High Country News

 RV Nation, October 15, 2007 (pdf)

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Outside

 Spring in Your Step, February 2006 (pdf)

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Powder

 Sounds of Silence, November 2007 (pdf)
Bad Timing, December 2005 (pdf)

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Whitefish Review

 Without Design, June 2007 (pdf)

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Alternative Medicine

 100 Celebrity Health Secrets, September 2007 (pdf)
Studies in Hope, October 2006 (pdf)
When Good Oils Go Bad, April 2006 (pdf)
Natural Radiance: Pomegranate, August 2007 (pdf)
Rx: Hippotherapy, July 2007
Food As Medicine: Good Eats, Summer Grilling

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Delicious Living

 The Future of Fair Trade, October 2007 (pdf)

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Diane

 Racing Toward Hope, Fall 2006 (pdf)

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The Drake

 Master of the Manifesto, Spring 2004 (pdf)
Damselfly Days, Spring 2005 (pdf)
Rodholders: Steve and Tim Rajeff, Spring 2003

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BeThree.com

 Buh-Bye, Waxing—Hell-ew, Threading
Tales From An Anusara Yoga Class
Work It In, Girl
Goin’ With (Or Against?) The Flow

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Islands

 Panama’s Sweet Sixteen, January/February 2005 (pdf)

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Women’s Adventure

 Winter on the Cheap, November 2007
Small Town, USA (pdf)
Outside Heartache (pdf)
The Comeback Queen, summer 2004
Winter Wonderlands
Yes, You Can: Telemark Skiing

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Health

 Be There Now, May 2001 (pdf)
Itching for a Better Allergy Test? April 2001 (pdf)
Exercise Your Mind, June 2001
A Shot to Silence Snorers, January/February 2001
Keeping Things in Focus, March 2001
Jazz Up Your Gym Time, October 2000
Orgasms in the Operating Room? June 2001
Q+A with a Pain Guru, July/August 2000

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Hooked on the Outdoors

 Fishing Gods, 2005 Fishing Annual (pdf)
Everyday Athletes, September 2005 (pdf)

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San Francisco

 Snow Haven: Mount Hood, January 1999 (pdf)
Cool Dude Ranch: Santa Ynez Valley, October 1999 (pdf)
Champion of the Blues, June 1999 (pdf)
Rancho Retreat: Pescadero, June 1999
Women’s Day, May 2001
Fall Arts Preview, September 1999

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