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Serve You Right • There’s a new national program to address the youth mental health crisis—and Colorado’s young adults are spearheading it.

High-Country Havens • A local design writer’s new coffee-table book is an ode to sophisticated living at elevation.

Made To Last • When Sacha Jarmon began hosting pop-ups selling permanent jewelry around the metro area in summer 2020, most Denverites hadn’t heard of the trend popularized by a Brooklyn studio that debuted the service in 2017. “People didn’t quite understand it was just a chain that was welded on—clasp-less, custom fit,” says Jarmon, co-founder of Boulder’s Love Saro jewelry shop. Today, the solid gold and sterling silver bracelets, anklets, and necklaces that only come off if intentionally snipped (or accidentally ripped) make up a large part of her business—and those of other local jewelers.

Dystopia 2.0 • Peter Heller’s latest novel chronicles societal disruption—familiar territory for the Denver author who hopes, this time around, the plot remains fiction.

Full Circle

Motherland • Dân Dã, An and Thao Nguyen’s new Vietnamese restaurant, successfully ties the comforts of the past to the present.

FINGER FOODS • Although the American palate tends to favor crispy egg rolls, Asian cuisines offer so much more to explore in the rolled-up realm. Skip the usual and order these tasty hand-held packages.

Free To Be You And Me • Roam Fest celebrates women’s mountain biking with a three-day gathering in Fruita. But its real draw isn’t riding: It’s inclusivity.

50 BEST HIKES IN COLORADO • We tapped seasoned hikers, consulted guidebooks, pored over topo maps, and scrutinized our trail photos to bring you this manual to our home’s most impressive footpaths, all of which are Class 3 or easier during peak season. The result: We’ve got all the purple mountain majesties you could want, not to mention red-rock canyons, wildflower-filled meadows, gushing waterfalls, and golden aspen groves, too.

JOIN THE Hunt • From the Rocky Mountains to the Eastern Plains, Colorado boasts millions of acres teeming with wildlife that’s ripe for harvest. Sharing in the bounty, however, requires accepting your responsibility to become a steward for conservation. Here, our beginner’s guide to using what Mother Nature provides.

Know Your Why • You’d better have a darned good reason for taking another life.

VALIDATE YOUR PRESENCE • To ensure hunters don’t kill off certain species, as they did during the early white settlement of North America, state governments have instituted animal protections, creating an overarching philosophy called the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. What that means is that Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) imposes strict controls over who can hunt and how many animals can be harvested. It’s a simple strategy but one achieved through a complex, red-tape-lined labyrinth you’ll need to know how to navigate.

TALK THE TALK • Knowing the vocabulary of hunting not only ensures you won’t sound like a goof around the campfire: It also makes you a better sportsperson.

Cultivate Your Killer Instincts • Colorado Parks and Wildlife hunting mentor Cheryl Varela takes us to school.

Hire A Hunting Buddy • Guides are a novice hunter’s best friends.

RUN THE NUMBERS • In Colorado’s big-game lotto, many hunters aren’t able to score the limited licenses they wanted because they applied for an animal in a game management unit (GMU) where requests exceeded quotas....