The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Azissa Singh feels lucky she had a supportive group of teachers while learning how to climb at the University ...

Most Colorado mountain guides try to draw you in with promises of heart-pounding ski runs, unforgettable vistas, and bucket-list summits. But Ridgway-based Moxie Mountain Guides hopes to give their ...

You’ve heard of avalanche safety courses—perhaps your backcountry partners have been urging you to take one—how they equip you to make better decisions in terrain that could avalanche, and how to save ...

Succeeding in the business of guiding clients up sheer cliffs or into untamed backcountry is a balancing act that demands the entrepreneurial spirit of a dot-com startup, the patience of a first-grade ...