Flagstaff, Ariz,. became the first ever DarkSky Community in 2001. Central Idaho is home to the only DarkSky Reserve in the U.S. and Utah has the highest concentration of DarkSky places globally. More towns in Colorado want to join the ranks.

Cripple Creek Backcountry hosted over a dozen women at their Carbondale location Wednesday to learn various bike maintenance skills. The event was part of the shop’s ongoing women’s series, designed to make mountain biking and backcountry skiing more accessible and inclusive.

Arizona Highways editor Robert Stieve talked about a nostalgic tradition at the lodge and its history.

Town leaders say the purchase will boost local economic development and will allow it to better support mountain ski employees.

Adam McCurdy, the forest and climate director for the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, is concerned that staff cuts in the U.S. Forest Service could make for a more severe wildfire season.

Scientists and Iñupiaq hunters have been counting bowhead whales passing by the northernmost American town, Utqiagvik, for the past two months. It is part of an effort to evaluate the health of the whale population up north – and support subsistence in the area.

Parks for whitewater kayaking hold a special legal status, but some river experts say it's time for Colorado's water law to evolve.

Lots of uncertainty still remains about what the federal government will and won't pay for. But one thing is clear: The feds will pay for toilet pumping on the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

The Rocky Mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of all U.S. ski visits.

Federal forecasters are warning that the fire season could be very active across broad swaths of our region this July and August.