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Crested Butte Deals

Ski Free at Crested Butte

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 […]

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Resorts

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.

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Aspen/Snowmass Beaver Creek Breckenridge Steamboat Vail

Colorado majority in SKI's Top 10 Resorts

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 […]

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Environment Snow

La Nina: Predicting less precipitation

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 […]

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Deals Events

2007 Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo

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 […]

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Aspen/Snowmass Copper Mountain Entertainment

Looking at Warren Miller's "Playground"

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 […]

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Aspen/Snowmass Breckenridge Keystone Resorts Steamboat Travel Winter Park

Orbitz: Colorado tops popular desinations

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; […]