Photography by Rebecca Stumpf | Published in the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine When it comes to fitness, and cross-training, the firefighters of Eagle County put most mountain athletes to shame. One day, a workout might involve short, exhaustive bursts of exercise—like humping 75 pounds of gear up a staircase in scorching temperatures—the next, a grueling miles-long backcountry march […]

 Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2018 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine As love stories go, Karen Jarchow’s first encounter with competitive mountain biking wasn’t the head-over-heels courtship one might expect, but more of a head-over-handlebars type of affair. After blasting through the uphill portion of the first lap of her first race with Vail Recreation District’s annual summer mountain […]

Photography by Ryan Dearth and Gnarly Bay Productions  | Published in the Summer/Fall 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine Thirty-four hours and two minutes: that’s the current speed record (set in January 2016 by a paddler in a single carbon fiber kayak) for navigating all 277 miles of the Colorado River as it churns and roils through the Grand Canyon. That’s nearly 28 days […]

Photography by Ryan Dearth | Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine The sun hasn’t yet risen when Josiah Middaugh slips into the steaming outdoor saline pool for his early morning training session at the Westin in Beaver Creek. Despite the hour, and the single-digit temperatures, more than a dozen athletes from the valley’s triathlon community have come to […]