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Boulder Creek Bike Path
The most utilized commuter bike path in town, this fabulously smooth and mostly straight creekside concrete path follows Boulder Creek from Foothill Parkway all the way to the spilt of Boulder Canyon and Four Mile Canyon Rd west of downtown – a total distance of over 5 miles one-way. The path also feeds urban bike lanes that lead all over town.
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North Boulder Recreation Center
- Boulder, USA
- Activities › Gym
If you need a workout and the weather isn't cooperating, book some some gym time here. The weight room and indoor hoops court are more than adequate, and the 25m lap pool is fabulous. Or perhaps you'd prefer a game of raquet ball or a yoga class? They have it all for a simple 24hr day-use fee. Bring your own towel or rent one for $1.
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Yoga Pod
- Boulder, USA
- Activities › Yoga
One of the hippest, if most-oddly located, studios in Boulder. But don't let the 29th St Mall location throw you off. There's plenty of free parking, the place isn't corporate and the instruction is first rate. When the Fourmile Canyon Fire hit Boulder, they offered free yoga to those displaced by the Fourmile Fire.
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Six Permissions
West of the Pearl St Mall, this tiny apothecary offers Chinese herbs and organic facials, and has an attached acupuncture clinic. In addition it offers a range of deep tissue, lymphatic, Swedish and sport massages. Your Zen wishes will be fulfilled here. Massage is available by appointment only.
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Tube Boulder Creek
Boulder's favorite summer ritual is to pick up an inner tube at this tubing and rafting center and float down Boulder Creek from the whitewater park at Eben G Fine Park to 30th St. Speak to the staff about safety.
The park's high water and sculpted ledges can get rocking in early season, and you may even get flipped. But the creek mellows below 9th St, and can get low in late summer leaving a much more placid whitewater park as the only navigable stretch.
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Wonderland Lake Trailhead
This easily accessed North Boulder trailhead links to 2.4 miles of trails within the City of Boulder's terrific open space mountain parks program. Better for runners or fast walkers than hikers (trails are pretty flat here), the trails skirt a lovely artificial lake, surrounded by knee-high grasses and tucked up against the foothills. Dogs are allowed but must be leashed.
The fields are golden in the summer and green in the spring and during the icy winter, you can ice skate at your own risk.
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Eldorado Canyon State Park
Eldorado Canyon State Park is one of the country's best rock-climbing areas, offering Class 5.5 to 5.12 climbs. They also have nearly a dozen miles of trails suitable for all levels of visitors - from hardcore athletes to toddlers and seniors. The park entrance is on Eldorado Springs Dr. Take Hwy 93 south from Boulder, head west on Hwy 170 and continue on the dirt road through town to the park gates. Stop by Boulder Rock Club for climbing tips before hitting these red rock walls.
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Boulder Falls Trail
A quick and relatively easy ramble along the upper reaches of boulder creek and into its headwaters. This trail begins approximately ten miles west of downtown Boulder, bends into a cozy but dramatic canyon with soaring granite walls and ends at Boulder Falls which alternates between trickling and gushing depending upon the season. A bit more than a one-mile roundtrip.
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Royal Arch Trail
Challenging but not excruciating, this roughly two-hour, 3.6-mile, well-signed trail leads you up along the Flatirons, through a vaguely-red rock canyon, through a keyhole and up to a wonderful natural rock arch where you'll perch on boulders, gaze at the Boulder basin, and, on clear days, glimpse the Denver skyline. Grab a trail map at the park office before hiking.
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Boulder Rock Club
Before you head up to the climbs in Eldorado Canyon State Park, get your chops at this indoor climbing gym, popular with Boulder's local rock rats. This massive warehouse is full of artificial rock faces cragged with ledges and routes, and the auto-belay system allows solo climbers an anchor. Staff are a great resource for local climbing routes and tips too.
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Color Me Mine
An ideal activity for craftsy families. Here you can choose tiles, plates, vases, cups and bowls from among the hundreds of ceramic pieces on offer, and paint them any way you like. No need to be monochromatic: they have around 70 underglaze colors on the palate. The staff is helpful and fun, and they'll fire your pieces before you leave.
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Yoga Rocks the Park
- Boulder, USA
- Activities › Yoga
An ambitious melding of yoga teachings and World Music, Boulder's fit, bronze yogis descend to the green grassy environs of Central Park (in August) or Carpenter Park (in September) for this fun series that includes a sweaty asana session and some soulful live music. After all, they do call the man Damon Zen Drummer for a reason.
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Boulder Ski Deals
Arguably the best deals on skis, snowboards, glasses, goggles and snow gear can be found in this laidback but professional temple to all things extreme and powdery. They sell, they rent, they bro out – even with the ladies. And they offer exceptional deals on season passes to Vail, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek and Arapahoe Basin.
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Elements
A storefront therapeutic massage den behind Barnes & Noble in the minimall on 30th and Pearl, Elements offers Swedish, hot-stone and deep-tissue work by the half-hour and hour. Simple yet rejuvenating, they take $10 off for first timers.
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Pop Jet Fountain
Bursts of water spring from the ground, sending kids squealing around in circles at this public fountain. It's a great (free) place to bring the kiddies when the temperatures rise, but be aware that the surface underfoot isn't soft.
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Om Time Yoga
- Boulder, USA
- Activities › Yoga
Just off the Pearl Street Mall, this fun yoga space offers a steady diet of alignment specific Anusara and breezy vinyasa yoga. There's at least four classes per day and workshops from renowned teachers too. The first class is free!
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Bodywork Bistro
Another storefront massage joint off the Pearl St Mall. Massagse range from a 10-minute 'mood change' to an hour of 'nirvana.' Chairs, tables and oils are all for sale here, too.
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Boulder Yoga Center
- Boulder, USA
- Activities › Yoga
One of the first yoga studios in Boulder, it's been spreading the seeds of asana for 20 years. Expect ample floor and wall space, and top-shelf Iyengar and Ashtanga instruction.
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University Bicycles
There are plenty of places to rent bicycles to cruise around town, but this has the widest range of rides and the most helpful staff.
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Local Table Tours
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Escalante Canyon Outfitters
Cofounder of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Grant Johnson and his Escalante Canyon Outfitters are the best for informative multiday hikes through the region. Don Montoya, curator at the Anasazi State Park Museum, runs the archaeo-hikes to Native American sites and rock art.
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Earth Tours
Founder, and main guide, PhD geologist Keith Watt has an enthusiasm for the area that is catching. Choose from among the numerous half- and full-day area hikes offered or take a 4WD trip into the backcountry.
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