Boulder Union is opening in late August at 174 Union St. The indoor climbing gym is owned by four longtime climbers, including an Olympics coach. The climbing gym will be open to people of all ...

I haven’t climbed since grade school (unless you count a few trees and more fences than I’d care to confess). But as far as rock climbing or bouldering is concerned, I’m green as grass. This summer, I ...

One of my first times going bouldering outside, I thought I was hot stuff. I was finally doing V7s and V8s in my gym, so I was gonna crush on real rock, right? I spent 45 minutes (and all of my energy ...

Gone are the color-coded plastic holds and the plush gym flooring. Instead, real rock digs into my fingers, my feet scrape over moss, and two crash pads below are my only promise of a soft landing.

Two or three days a week, Adam Brink departs life and work in Boulder and drives south, watching the city fade and a wild, colorful realm of rock emerge. “It’s a place where you can escape the ...