Saturday was a great day to be on the mountain: perfect temperatures, not too crowded, and some decent “early season” conditions. Rachel…
We had a great Saturday at Breckenridge. The T-Bar had only been open for a few days so we took the opportunity to milk it as much as possible. As…
We took a bit of a break and hadn’t been up for nearly a month due to work, holidays, sickness and.. well, the fact there has been absolutely…
Kudos to Joel over at OpenSnow for launching an iPhone app. If you want to see photographic, on-the-slopes, evidence of new snow in Colorado, this is the place to check. Be sure to sign up for the powder alerts so you know when the inches start coming down.
Dave over at SlopeSource has pulled together an awesome roundup of unique ski and snowboard gifts found over at Etsy. My favorite is this Abominable Snowman Bumble Monster Hat, $27: Get your retro Christmas movie fix on with the Bumble Monster hat from the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer movie. Just like the Bumble Monster,…
Another quick post over at buzz on how to connect your social media profiles like Facebook and Twitter to Vail Resorts’ EpicMix social network.
Head over to the EpicMix homepage to download the new iPhone and Android apps (version 2.0) for the 2011-2012 season. With some slick design changes and updates for the new photo sharing, you’ll want to make sure you have this in hand if you’re heading up to Keystone this opening weekend.
Vail Resorts (Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone) has announced their technology plans for the second iteration of their popular pass-based technology: EpicMix Photo. RFID-enabled passes I remember when resorts were first trying out RFID-enabled passes: the ones with the chips in them that, with special scanners, can be picked up when you get close to…
Nerd thought: I’m amazed that, with all the visual design attention to detail, @EpicMix still has empty title tags throughout their entire website.
Another great Colorado web resource, this one by the I-70 Mountain Corridor Coalition: GoI70.com. I mentioned this site earlier in the year but it’s now live and ready for people to play with. It has everything from realtime traffic, weather, road conditions, ski resort snow reports, places to stay, things to do, and so on.…
Unfortunately, there are only a handful of useful mobile websites for colorado skiers and snowboarders. Thankfully, Colorado’s resort communications and marketing organization, Colorado Ski Country USA has launched a mobile version of it’s own site. Visit m.coloradoski.com for resort info, snow reports, road conditions, and twitter updates. It’s arguably one of the best one-stop mobile…
Looking for upcoming events, fun things, concerts, and snow activities across the state? Look no further than Colorado Snow events. CoSnow events pulls together all the best events this season. You won’t find a more comprehensive list anywhere else. Check out the events page. If you want an event to be added: send a calendar…
Arapahoe Basin web site gets a facelift. It’s much easier to navigate through the site and the site just looks so much better than the old site. Check out the web cams. There is a lot of snow already on the East Wall and it’s only the middle of September. All of the snow guns [...]
If you’re looking to connect with fellow snow enthusiasts then visit Snowago: A skiing / snowboarding / telemarking / snowriding community. It’s a very simple site with the following features: User profiles: setup an account and store your pictures, journals, favorite resorts, etc. Resort profiles: not just limited to Colorado, it has weather, mountain conditions,…