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A cyclist speeds into the irrigated oasis of Palisade, an orchard town on Colorado's western slope. Vineyards and wineries began to spring up 30 years ago among peach, cherry and apple orchards along the Colorado River. (For The New York Times)



Wranglers in the stables of the YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park Center take guests on rides through neighboring Rocky Mountain National Park. The 100-year-old center is one of the gems of the YMCA system. (For The New York Times)



A boy hops across a rocky outcrop near Kambasende, a village in the Dogon region of Mali. (Self Assigned)



School kids race for the bus at Sugar City, Colo. Towns in the lower Arkansas Valley of eastern Colorado are suffering from a difficult economy and lack of development. Sugar City lost a sugar beet plant in the late 1960s and has never fully recovered. (For Headwaters Magazine)



Racer John O'Neill, 17, sprints across the finish in a dead heat with friend Shea Phelan at the end of a snowshoe race at Beaver Creek, Colo. Racers competed in five-kilometer and 10-kilometer races through the slopes of the ski resort as part of the Beaver Creek Snowshoe Adventure Series. (For The New York Times)



Distorted by heat waves rising from pavement, members of the Slipstream-Chipotle professional cycling team spin on a training ride in Boulder, Colo. The cyclists are part of a U.S.-based racing team that vows to race free of performance-enhancing drugs. (For The New York Times)


All images and text © Kevin Moloney

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