The Pole

If you’re still getting over the arrival of the e-bike, you may want to hang onto your beanie. Just when you thought it was safe to head into the mountains for some peaceful recreation, there’s a new gravity-defying power apparatus buzzing onto the scene: the Skizee Woodsrunner.

Hearts around the world melted last summer with the story of the 416 bear, an orphaned cub whose paws were severely burnt in the blaze.

It was a high-flying good time for the Purgatory Freestyle Ski Team at last weekend’s USSA Rocky Mountain Freestyle Qualifier/Devo mogul comp in Telluride.

There’s no doubt the snowpack is especially sketchy this season, not just locally but throughout the intermountain West.

If staying on piste is more your thing, roll on over to Pagosa Springs this weekend for its annual Winterfest Fat Bike race.

Folks typically visit Maria’s Bookshop to retreat into the stacks and escape reality, even if just for a little while.

The inbox seems a little quieter and the pages a little emptier at Telegraph HQ this week as we say goodbye to longtime contributor Stew Mosberg. Mosberg, whose 77 years belied his trademark fedora, strong handshake and straight-shooting charisma, died the evening of Mon., Jan. 7, in hospice care after only recently being diagnosed with kidney cancer.

The ball has dropped, the last needle fallen from the tree and the empty liquor bottles and cans hauled out to the curb. Which can only mean one thing: time to start working on those New Year’s resolutions.