5280 January Issue 2026

Whether you’re jet-setting alone to Rome or pitching a one-person tent in Breckenridge, there’s never been a more exciting time to leave everyone behind and experience the world on your own terms.

Billy Barr has braved snow season deep in the Rocky Mountain backcountry for more than 50 years, amassing an unrivaled record of climate data. What happens to that trove when his watch ends?

More than 500 of the best attorneys—practicing everything from agricultural to workers’ compensation law—in the Mile High City and beyond.