Editorial Policy

How we verify and label information

Boulder’s first Sundance is a moving target: transport plans, parking rules, and ticket details are still being finalized by the organizations that run them. Our job is to track that process honestly, not to smooth over the uncertainty.

Status labels

Every time-sensitive claim on this site carries one of four labels:

LabelWhat it means
ConfirmedStated directly by an official source (Sundance Institute, City of Boulder, CU Boulder, or Visit Boulder) with no remaining ambiguity.
PlannedAn official source has announced intent (a shuttle program, a bike-share partnership) but hasn’t published operating hours, routes, or eligibility yet.
PendingNo official detail exists yet; we note the expected timing if one has been given.

Sourcing

We link primary sources next to the claims they support, not buried in a footnote. When two official sources disagree, as currently happens with the press-credential opening date, we say so and note which one we treated as authoritative and why.

What we don’t do

We don’t publish invented schedules, guessed ticket prices, or “predicted” lineups dressed up as fact. We don’t recycle Park City advice and relabel it for Boulder, different city, different geography, different rules. We don’t run a page for every hotel or every keyword variant; if two pages would say the same thing, we merge them.

Affiliate relationships and editorial independence

Some links on this site are affiliate links (see our Affiliate Disclosure). Commission potential never determines which hotel, route, or venue we recommend first, our comparisons are built from distance, price, and cancellation terms, not payout rate.

Corrections

Found something wrong? See the Corrections page. We fix factual errors as soon as we can confirm them and note the change in the page’s update history.

Review cadence

Pages tied to fast-moving facts (parking, tickets, transport) are re-checked at least monthly between now and January 2027, and immediately after any official announcement that touches them.