Crested Butte wants you to take to their slopes for a test ride, so from Nov. 25 – Dec. 15 it’s absolutely FREE to ski or ride at Crested Butte. Seriously, FREE. Man, that’s a wonderful price. Now all you need to do is clear yourself a few days, grab some friends, and hit the […]
Month: November 2007
Changes at resorts this season
The Colorado Springs Gazette has put together a comprehensive list of what’s new at resorts this year. Among the improvements you’ll find additional terrain parks at Breckenridge, a lunch yurt along the snowcat trail at Keystone and two old lifts replaced at Vail. Read the entire article here.
Pictures are worth 1,000 words over at SKINET, SKI magazine’s website where they listed their reader’s top 10 resorts for 2007: Deer Valley, UT Vail, CO Whistler/Blackcomb, B.C. Aspen, CO Snowmass, CO Park City, UT Breckenridge, CO Beaver Creek, CO Steamboat, CO Sun Valley, ID Let’s not act surprised, though. Sure, our slopes are some […]
Recent predictions from the Wester Water Assessment (WWA) say that we might get higher temperatures and lower snowfalls this season: Expected La NiƱa impacts during October-December 2007 season are above average precipitation in the Pacific Northwest (including western Wyoming) and below average precipitation in the Southwest, including parts of Colorado. There is an increased chance […]
The 2007 Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo kicks off this weekend: Where do you go to get last minute deals on skis and boards? The Expo. Where do you get early season prices on passes and Lift-tickets? The Expo. Where do you get to meet former Bronco greats and world-class ski and snowboard athletes for […]
Warren Miller’s latest film included shots from Aspen and Copper Mountain: Playground was shot at world-class ski locales in Sweden, Canada, Alaska, Japan and here in Colorado at Aspen and Copper Mountain. Part of it was even taken to an indoor ski area in a mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Several athletes from Colorado […]
Five of Colorado’s ski and snowboarding resorts were listed as the top destinations according to Orbitz during the ski seasons: Lake Tahoe, Calif., is the No. 1 destination among travelers booking hotel and vacation packages at Orbitz.com for travel between Nov. 20 and May 1. Mammoth Lakes, Calif., was second, followed by Park City, Utah; […]