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5280‘s July 2025 Issue is here!
Top of the Town 2025
From a flirtatious romance-only bookstore and an ethereal distillery to a vast indoor playground and a reborn ghost ski park, our 30 editors’ choice winners expand Denver’s scene while staying true to what’s always made the city exceptional.
Hurts So Good
Our guide to understanding (and maybe even joining) the many Coloradans who find fulfillment in incredibly difficult, and sometimes physically painful, outdoor pursuits—aka Type II fun.
Right Place, Right Time
The Mountain States Legal Foundation has been using the courts to keep big government at bay for nearly 50 years. But do conservatives still need the Lakewood-based law firm?
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5280‘s June 2025 Issue is here!
Splash Down!
Rally your crew, pack your floaties and your cooler, and slather on your sunblock. Here, our 15 favorite close-to-home escapes for mile-high lake days.
In Our GOAT Era
These Centennial State athletes have ushered in unprecedented reigns of greatness in their respective sports. It’s time we paid homage.
French Twist
Local interior designer Julee Wray’s recipe for making a 1941 Hilltop home feel like her own? Softening its edges.
The Shroom Boom
How local scientists and eager entrepreneurs are trying to make magic mushrooms Colorado’s next growth industry.
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5280‘s May 2025 Issue is here!
The 5280 Guide to Colorado Music Festivals
Every summer, the state’s hills come alive with the sound of bluegrass—and country and jazz and rock and blues. Here’s everything you need to know to heed their siren songs.
Life on the Edge
With greater room to roam, lower mortgage payments, and easy access to natural splendor, Denver’s suburbs have long tempted even devout down- towners—and that was before they had great restaurants. These are eight of the most compelling satellites that orbit our urban core.
Who is the Man Behind the Mountains?
Twenty-five years after he launched 14ers.com, Bill Middlebrook still gets stoked about helping people safely reach the state’s highest summits.
Denver’s Top Dentists
Keep your mouth happy with 5280’s comprehen-sive list of more than 900 of the best dentists in Denver and beyond.
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5280‘s April 2025 Issue is here!
Best Sandwiches in Denver
From a bodega-style BEC with SPK to a bánh mì in a perfectly crusty baguette, these are our favorite local takes on regional specialties.
Find Your Fit
The most effective—and entertaining—group fitness classes for cardio, strength training, recovery, and more in and around the Mile High City.
Rising From the Ashes
Today’s megafires are annihilating forests across the West. Can Coloradans give these devastated landscapes new life?
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5280‘s March 2025 Issue is here!
View Finder
In east Boulder, a perfectly situated jewel-box home captures Colorado’s natural splendor—and offers lessons about connecting your interiors to the outdoors, too.
77 Ways The Pandemic Changed Colorado (Maybe Forever)
We look backward—and forward—five years after COVID-19 altered the course of our lives here at elevation.
Deserted
With fewer attorneys willing to practice in small towns, rural Colorado is quickly becoming a landscape devoid of legal resources and, often, justice.
Denver’s Top Real Estate Producers
Whether you’re selling an abode you’ve outgrown, searching for your dream home, or looking for an investment property, we suggest seeking the guidance of one of the 1,196 most successful real estate agents in the Denver metro area.
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5280’s February 2025 Issue is here!
Less is More
Increasingly, Denverites are opting for beverages with lower—or even nonexistent—alcohol contents. Here, the buzziest mocktails, session beers, and bars for mindful drinking in and around town.
The Things We Leave Behind
What a photographer learned about her great-grand- mother’s vibrant life on a rural Colorado ranch by documenting her most prized possessions—and what the experience taught the artist about herself.
The Unlikely Ascent of Tracee Metcalfe
A fatal race thrust a Vail climber into a surprising position: the closest to becom- ing the first American woman to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks. But to claim the record, she’d have to face both the public’s scrutiny and her personal demons.
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5280’s January 2025 Issue is here!
Gone Sleddin’
This winter, explore Colorado’s backcountry with a little machine-powered help. Here, our guide to some of the best spots to snowmobile in the state.
Seeking Sanctuary
Mayor Mike Johnston maintains that Denver’s response to recent waves of unexpected migrants made his city a model on immigration. But his critics argue there was nothing novel about the help provided to asylum-seekers, which could be summed up in two words: not enough.
Denver’s Top Lawyers
More than 500 of the best attorneys—practicing everything from environmental to construction to contract law—in the Mile High City and beyond.
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5280’s December 2024 Issue is here!
Best of the Mountain West
From a Colorado outfitter devoted to diversifying outdoor recreation to monumental art on a Montana sheep ranch, these are our region’s most exciting people, places, and experiences.
Gong Hei Fat Choy
Celebrate the Year of the Snake, which begins next month, with a Lunar New Year feast courtesy of MAKfam’s Kenneth Wan and Doris Yuen.
Following the Order
Forty years ago, a white supremacist network engineered the murder of a popular Denver radio host. A new movie recalls the investigation into the slaying—and the rise of far-right extremism.
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5280’s November 2024 Issue is here!
Shop Local
In the era of Amazon, gifting has become an impersonal exercise—but in and around Denver, brick-and-mortar retailers are pushing back on that shift. Here, 16 knowledgeable shopkeepers, interactive experiences, and unique offerings that will make present-buying fruitful and fun this holiday season.
How to Be a Good Citizen
Whether you are red, blue, or purple, chances are you don’t like something the government is doing. The good news is that, at least in Colorado, there are plenty of ways you can effect change.
The Killing Field
Unraveling the 160-year- old mystery of a family’s murder on Colorado’s Eastern Plains—and its long-forgotten link to one of America’s worst military atrocities.
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5280’s October 2024 Issue is here!
25 Best Restaurants
These are the eateries dishing out the tastiest bites—from crave-worthy birria tacos to elevated borscht to Asian dumplings—in Denver and beyond right now.
Death Comes For Us All—But It Shouldn’t Come Like This
Over the past six years, Colorado’s funeral industry has made headlines for appalling acts of disrespect to both the dead and the living. Will recently passed legislation stop the atrocities?
The Over-Simplified Guide to: Opening Day at A-Basin
From sharpening your edges to making sammies for the lifties, five tips for observing the Front Range’s holiest of holidays.
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5280’s September 2024 Issue is here!
50 Best Hikes in Colorado
We tapped seasoned hikers, consulted guidebooks, pored over topo maps, and scrutinized trail photos to bring you our home’s most impressive footpaths.
Join the Hunt
Colorado boasts millions of acres teeming with wildlife that’s ripe for harvest. Here, our beginner’s guide to becoming a responsible steward for conservation and using what Mother Nature provides.
Mile High Makeover
After Denver’s mayor laid out his plan to revitalize downtown, our reporter spent 18 consecutive hours in the city center to better understand the obstacles the Mile High City faces.
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5280’s August 2024 Issue is here!
Top Doctors
More than 900 of the best physicians in the Denver metro area.
The Perfect Place…
We challenged our writers and a handful of local experts to name the Centennial State’s finest locales—down to a few square feet. What we got wasn’t just a travel guide. It was a love letter to Colorado.
The Charming, Eccentric, Blessed Life Of Lee Maxwell
Ninety-four-year-old Lee Maxwell lives in Eaton and owns a Guinness world- record-holding washing machine museum. When his wife recently died, Maxwell was left to ponder what his new life would look like—and if anyone, besides him, cares about his singular collection.
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5280’s July 2024 Issue is here!
Top of the Town
We uncovered 119 reasons to love Denver. The best places to eat, drink, play, and shop in and around Denver.
Take a Ride Through Colorado’s Spur-Rattling Rodeo Scene This Summer
Every July, towns throughout Colorado come alive to celebrate Cowboy Christmas. Here’s how to get in on the fun—and the folks you ought to know.
What Does It Take To Keep the Lights On and the Traffic Flowing Through the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels?
Fifty-one years after the first bore opened, the tunnels are undergoing the largest overhaul in their history. The upgrades will be significant—but will they be enough to keep the critical east-west passage open for decades to come?
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5280’s June 2024 Issue is here!
Your Guide to Arches National Park + Colorado bugs + what’s being done to save them + 5280 Summer Sips + MORE!
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5280’s May 2024 Issue is here!
Denver Real Estate + sports betting laws in Colorado + 5280 Top Dentists + MORE!
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5280’s April 2024 Issue is here!
Raodside Attractions + the Centennial State’s 65-and-older population + Faces of 5280 + MORE!
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5280’s March 2024 Issue is here!
The Ultimate Guide to African Food in Denver + 26 Reasons to Visit Newly Hip Colorado Springs + Denver’s Top Real Estate Producers + MORE!
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5280’s February 2024 Issue is here!
Best Bars + Colorado & Mountain West-inspired Podcasts + An Aspen Valley Retreat + MORE!
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5280’s January 2024 Issue is here!
Staycations + Denver’s Top Lawyers + MORE!
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5280’s December 2023 Issue is here!
Best of the Mountain West + Top Denver Home Design + MORE!
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5280’s November 2023 Issue is here!
Chasing Powder: International Ski Trips + Local Goods for Centennial State comfort + Aurora PD reform + MORE!
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5280’s October 2023 Issue is here!
25 Best Restaurants + a look at the proliferation of firearms among adolescents in the Mile High City + a lively twist to a Hilltop home’s classic design + MORE!
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5280’s September 2023 Issue is here!
Gravel biking + harvest food + outdoor recreation politics + MORE!
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5280’s August 2023 Issue is here!
Top Docs + Sail Away + Evolutionary Oncology + MORE!
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5280’s July 2023 Issue is here!
Top of the Town + The Return of Casa Bonita + Best of the Colorado Trail + MORE!
