Denver Adventures was founded in 2005 by Stefan Van der Steen, an outdoor adventure enthusiast with a dream of bringing people closer to the outdoors in a fun and active way. The Rocky Mountains close to Denver are the perfect platform for easy access to a wide variety of terrain and natural scenery to suite anybody's needs. Every one of our adventures invites you to enjoy and use nature's wonders but at the same time respect, admire, and learn from it. Our team of experienced guides has had more than its fair share of enjoying the Rockies. Over time, they all have built extensive knowledge of physical exercise, altitude, trails, parks, and natural attractions but are also active participants of races and volunteer efforts. Stefan, for instance, focuses on endurance events such as The Triple Bypass, Ultra100, Olympic distance triathlons, marathons, and even an IronMan!
In 2015 Jazzercise unveiled a new look, new voice and new class offerings. The company recharged its brand identity to reflect the calorie-crushing intensity of its workouts and confront the misconception that Jazzercise hasn’t evolved from its meteoric rise in the 1980’s. The new brand expression is edgy, intense, hard hitting and modern, mirroring what customers experience in class today. Jazzercise continues to be one of the world’s leading group fitness programs and has been in the Conifer area for almost 20 years. Instructors train every year to master the Jazzercise method, which fuses cardio, strength training, Pilates, yoga, kickboxing and, of course, the demanding forms of dance. Plus, variety is the key to staying with a workout, and we’ve got that! Conifer Jazzercise Fitness Center offers 34 classes weekly, so you get the variety you need to stay motivated and break through plateaus. You also can choose from our 11 different formats, including Dance Mixx, Strike, Core, Fusion, Interval, and Strength to keep your workouts fresh and challenging. All fitness levels welcome and accommodated!
Midway House, also known as Broken M Bar Ranch and Meyer Ranch, is an 1889 Queen Anne ranch house located near Aspen Park, Colorado. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.HistoryThe land now known as Meyer Ranch was homesteaded by the Duncan McIntyre family in the mid-19th century. Located near the Turkey Creek wagon road, they fed and lodged travelers.The property was purchased in 1883 by Louis Ramboz, who had the house built in 1889 from lumber milled on the property. Midway House served as an overflow house for a stagecoach stop on the route from Denver to Fairplay, named because of its location midway between Denver and Bailey.The ranch reportedly served as the winter quarters for animals of the P.T. Barnum Circus in the late 1880s, but there is no record of P.T. Barnum ever coming to Colorado. A board inscribed "Circus Town 1889" was found in the house during renovation in 1955.After Ramboz, the ranch was owned by Ralph Kirkpatrick from 1912 to 1950 and run as a working ranch with a hillside cleared for skiing in the early 1940s. Skiers were transported from the road to the base of a single rope tow in horse-drawn sleighs. The ski area was known as Mount Lugo and, though it closed in 1942, the hills at Meyer Ranch are still enjoyed by cross-country and backcountry skiers.In 1950, Norman and Ethel Meyer bought the ranch including Midway House. In 1959, they bought McIntyre's original homestead. The Meyers sold 400acre of their 600acre ranch to Jefferson County Open Space in 1987, which opened Meyer Ranch Park to the public in 1989. The house remains in the Meyers' ownership. As of September 2010, a preliminary agreement has been negotiated to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of the house as a museum.