Colorado Snow
Great news! It was only just a few years ago when Google first started equipping snowmobiles with their “Street View” cameras and mapping various resorts. Now a new mountain-based effort has launched and ski resort maps are now on Google Maps. Just pull up the Google Maps app on your smartphone and you’ll see all […]
Universal Sports Network has launched a new series called Universal Access. It’s a weekly half-hour sports travel series that showcases some of America’s best ski resorts including some of our favorites here right in Colorado. The schedule looks like this: Feb. 5 10:30 AM Episode 1: Universal Access – Copper Mountain Feb. 11 11:30 AM […]
Great news from Breckenridge: all the new snow means Imperial Lift will open today!
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 […]
If you’ve never seen the Snow Sculpture Championships, they’re a world-class event happening every year in Breckenridge. They all start with a week of volunteers stomping snow into large blocks that are frozen and used as the ice blocks to be shaped the following week. You can see more photos on the Breckenridge Blog: The […]
If the Winter X Games aren’t reason enough to visit Aspen next week, I’d strongly recommend checking out the various events and concerts. Calvin Harris will be performing on Saturday, January 26th and Major Lazer on Sunday, January 27th (both at 4:15 PM at Buttermilk Mountain’s X Fest Stage).
If you plan to visit Breckenridge soon, I’d suggest checking out the new Breckenridge Blog. Rachel Walker has a great round-up of the various options available to learn to ski and snowboard at Breck.
There are a lot of great videos being posted by the various Colorado resorts. This one from Vail (from last year) shows what it takes to get the Back Bowls open from the ski patrol perspective. It’s not as simple as waiting for it to snow, and dropping the gates and just going and skiing […]