The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. The first thing you notice as you approach Leadville on Highway 24 is the two enormous silhouettes of Mt.

The iconic ultrarunning race, the Leadville Trail 100, begins this weekend on Saturday, August 16, in the former mining town of Leadville, Colorado. A vision by Ken Chlouber, a local miner and ...

The “Cloud City” journey continues as we explore extraordinary activities in Leadville, Colorado! We’ll tour some of Leadville’s one hundred miles of groomed trails. Then stop in Cycles of Life Bike ...

Leadville was always the epicenter of the core endurance mountain biking race scene, but when Lance Armstrong started competing—and winning—the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race, a hundred-mile ...

On Saturday, August 9, the 31st edition of the Leadville Trail 100 will put riders to the test across—yes, you guessed it—100 miles of high-altitude Rocky Mountain terrain. Each summer, the humble ...

James is the author of six Colorado mountain hiking guidebooks, including the best selling title "Best Summit Hikes in Colorado". James is also the SEO Director at Outside. He lives in Boulder, ...