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…
Read a bit more from the Colorado Department of Transportation on the “harmonization” that will begin on Sunday. In short: officers will pace cars from before the tunnel all the way to US 6 near Floyd Hill to help maintain consistent, safe speeds.
I never thought about how easy or hard it may be to get to Colorado’s resorts. Having lived here my whole life I didn’t appreciate what a hassle it might be (used to be) to coordinate going from door to door. Here’s how you can get to the various Colorado ski areas and resorts: Denver…
There’s a second bus on the scene, in addition to the Denver Ski Bus the University Ski Bus is offering roundtrips every Saturday. Destinations The University Ski bus will travel to to Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail, Beaver Creek or Arapahoe Basin. Weekly destinations will be chosen based on customer demand. Pick-up and Pricing As the name…
Denver Ski Bus offers Saturday and Sunday trips from Boulder and Denver to Winter Park and Copper Mountain resorts starting this weekend (December 3, 2011). Pickup Locations The Boulder bus has two pickups: Christy Sports at Flat Irons Mall and CU Boulder The Denver bus pick-up location is: – Christy Sports at Denver West Plaza.…
From the GoI-70 Blog: The Courtesy Patrol program begins on Friday, November 25. Drivers of passenger and other smaller vehicles are provided free roadside assistance for services such as flat tires, fuel or water transfer, jump starts, short-distance towing, accident scene protection and minor mechanical assistance. Three pickups and a tow truck patrol I-70 between…
Forbes has put together a great photo gallery describing some of the best resorts for families. Of course, Colorado dominates the list with five well known spots: Beaver Creek: escalators, kids teaching area, and most importantly warm cookies Crested Butte: single base area means less lost kids, reasonably priced Aspen/Snowmass: no greens but Buttermilk is…
As expected, it’s not quite up to “5-8 inches” as expected… yet. There is certainly more to the storm but the forecasts now expect “snow mist” and “snow dusting” from here on out. Waking up to an inch or two doesn’t spell “snowpocalypse” as much as the weather forecasters would have liked you to believe…
If you make the weekend drive up to Summit County you’ll know that speeds slow down at the Eisenhower Tunnel and on some Sundays, heading back East you may have to stop entirely. The tunnel can only handle so much capacity and it occasionally needs to be closed to allow cars to pass through (for…
We have you covered from the tarmac to the ski slopes. Trip includes: a flight out to Colorado, a rental car to transport you from Denver International Airport to Copper Mountain, 3 nights of lodging that’s minutes from the slopes, lift tickets and even ski rentals.
It was so cold and so windy I didn’t take a single picture or enjoy much of the day. Although Summit had received a few inches by Sunday, it had all been blown off the slopes by Sunday morning. Everything was hard-packed, icy and wind-blown. I wish we had gone to Vail. Anyway, we did…
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.…
The I-70 Coalition is excited to launch GoI70.com this winter season to assist your trip to and from the mountains. It’s all going to be there: weather and road conditions, travel times along the highway, text alerts about your trip, as well as information about carpooling, restaurants, and things to do in the towns along…
With airlines now charging as much as $100 to bring skis on the plane, rental shops are becoming a solid option for someone traveling by air to their next ski destination. Besides traditional, retail rental locations a number of delivery rental companies are making a foot hold in many Western resorts. Ski Butlers, a ski…
Planning your next ski trip? Start here with our guide to see how the top 50 resorts in North America stack up. And stayed tuned to SkiNet.com for our upcoming, newly re-vamped Resort Finder.
Top 30 Resorts
The cream of the crop. The best of the best in the West. The top places in the country to ski, based on a number of qualities that you’re looking for in a resort: terrain, quality of snow, grooming, and more.
Skiiers and snowboarders in Colorado: if you’d like to proudly show everyone how much you love the snow, sign the license plate petition so we can have our own specialty license plate: click here for more details at ColoradoSki.com
Delta has a section of their site dedicated to Colorado vacation travelers. If you’re headed to our wonderful state and want to scope some good flight, lodging and ticket deals check out Delta’s website. Click here for Delta ski vacation deals and getaway packages.
Ritz Carlton in Beaver Creek for $150 The Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch is a great year-round destination. You’ll be in easy reach of fantastic hiking and Colorado’s best golf courses. Plus, the hotel is home to The Bachelor Gulch Spa, the area’s only Mobil 4-Star spa. Located in Colorado’s Vail Valley/Beaver Creek area, this luxurious mountainside…
I just spent an awesome (long) weekend up in Keystone and I had a blast. It’s amazing the many things you can do in the mountains and never get bored. Here’s the top 4 things I recommend you do if you have some extra time: Ski the Outback. I had never been as far back…
Yesterday I was at Vail and it was surprisingly crowded (for a Tuesday). Lots of fresh snow everywhere and perfect blue skies all day. New snow has started falling today (Wednesday) and the mountains are under a winter storm warning. Again, travel is not easy so be prepared and take caution. Find discount airline tickets…
From the Associated Press: “A ninth person died Monday after a bus carrying skiers home from a Colorado resort plunged off a damp, twisting highway in southeastern Utah and landed 41 feet below with its tires ripped away and the roof destroyed … Arrow Stage refused to identify the organizers who leased the bus for…
Thanks to I-70 closing on Sunday and Monday “Loveland Ski Area, a favorite of Front Range skiers, shuttered all of its slopes for the first time in four years, while other resorts struggled with accommodating stranded tourists.” Read more at the Rocky Mountain News.
Whiteout conditions stranded over 2,000 people in Silverthorne as officials closed I-70 from Vail to Georgetown (eastbound) on Sunday night. Hotels were full, restaurants were packed and many people never made it home. Shelters were set up on Sunday and Steamboat Springs reported over 17 inches. Visit CBS4Denver.com for more.
I just finished up watching my first documentary in high definition: Heli-skiing: living the dream. Produced by Discovery HD Theater this was an awe-inspiring look at Mike Wiegele’s “Wiegele World” in BC, Canada. An expensive trip that is worth every penny as Wiegele has cited numerous clients walking away telling him it was “best day…
This season Alpinist Magazine is hosting a film festival in Wyoming (which is a short-enough drive from Colorado, right?): The 2008 Alpinist Film Festival will take place January 17-20, 2008, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In addition to the Snow, Surf and Stone nights, which showcase, respectively, the world’s best skiing, surfing and climbing films, a…
This year the Colorado Ski Train will open December 27th and run every weekend through March. Tickets are already sold out near the end of the season. Ski Train Details Dates: Day trips will be available Saturdays and Sundays from January 5 through March 30, 2008, Fridays beginning February 1, 2008 and Thursdays beginning March…