Colorado

How a Ramshackle Mining Town Became a Mountain Paradise

What It Takes to Train for Leadville

Celebrating LGBTQ People in the Outdoors

2 Veterans, 13 Days, and 1 Memorable Trip

Dave Mackey’s Return to Ultrarunning

Exploring Colorado by Bike

‘People of Water’

How a Unique Non-Profit Bike Shop Was Born

Joe Grant’s FKT Attempt at Nolan’s 14

Behind the Scenes at Our 2019 Bike Test

An Ode to Resilience

5Point Film Festival Trailer 2019

‘Take Me Closer’ Hitchhiking to Alaska

‘Abandoned’

Moose on the Loose

Rafting the Yampa River

Backcountry Cliff Diving in Colorado

A Bird’s Eye View of the Great Sand Dunes

5Point Film Festival Trailer

End of Snow
‘Mining Courage’: An Inside Look at the Legendary Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race
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Earlier this year, adventurer Patrick Sweeney set out to ride the iconic Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race and earn a “Big Buckle” by completing the race in under nine hours. Last year, he missed the cut off by just seven minutes. Mining Courage is an inside look at what it's like to ride in the Tour de France of mountain bike races, from the perspective of a veteran like Sweeney and his friend Ted, a rookie trying to finish under the 12-hour cutoff.