Colorado Snow
It’s been about a month since we saw a storm with decent snow totals (beyond a few inches here and there). Everywhere across the state has seen at least a half-foot since the weekend. Here are some shots from around the various resorts. See more photos on all the Colorado resorts Facebook pages and Instagram […]
We discovered that a couple of items on the menu (burgers, chili cheese fries) at Red Tail Camp are at least a dollar cheaper than at the Spruce Saddle Lodge. If you’re willing to bear the outdoor elements and the uncertainty of food availability (the fryer can sometimes “freeze”), you can save a buck or […]
Our first ski day of 2013 was on New Year’s Day at Beaver Creek which means we earned the “Resolved” EpicMix pin — whoop! There hadn’t been any new snow in a few days and it was a holiday weekend so most everything was skied off or still bare underneath. Most mogul runs had grass […]
Beaver Creek looked good yesterday: blue skies, great temperatures, soft snow, and new terrain. Lucky for us, Larkspur opened for the season and we were able to grab a handful of powder turns, so we headed there early. There was plenty of deep, soft powder but it was clear that there wasn’t much underneath it. […]
On a morning like today’s, where a big storm is expected to dump anywhere from a few inches to a foot at all Colorado resorts, the 5:00 AM “snow report” can be a bit misleading. If the snow in the past 24 hours stopped 22 hours ago, are you really going to be skiing 6 […]
The big storm we’ve all be waiting for finally dropped yesterday and overnight leaving most resorts with 6-inches or more (really, Aspen, 15-inches? Wow!). Thanks to the various social media accounts at Breckenridge, Keystone, Beaver Creek, Crested Butte, Vail, Copper Mountain, Aspen/Snowmass, and Vail. Go find and follow the resorts and mountains yourself from our […]
Happy Opening Day to Steamboat, Crested Butte, and Beaver Creek — here’s hoping for more snow this weekend!
Here’s part 2 of the Snow Science series from Joel Gratz and OnTheSnow. This is something I’ve always been interested in: how much does it cost a resort to make snow? You have to wonder about the cost/benefit (economics) for someone like Arapahoe Basin and Loveland to make snow so early in the season. Or […]