Colorado Snow
The snow started falling in Breckenridge by mid-morning. We decided to let it fall and allow the crowds to thin out before we headed to the hill. We ended up starting around 12:15 PM and had plenty of fresh powder on all the groomed runs and plenty of untouched stuff in the trees and harder […]
From Scott Condon at The Aspen Times: The U.S. Forest Service is working on new rules that clarify that ski areas that lease public lands for their operations can charge people for uphill travel. The directive could affect fitness fanatics that use skis with climbing skins, snowshoes and stabilizers. My favorite part of this article […]
From Bob Berwyn at the Summit County Citizens Voice: Arapahoe Basin and the U.S. Forest Service are moving ahead with the first formal step in the review process for a significant expansion at Summit County’s oldest ski area. The proposal includes the following expansions and improvements: Adding a lift to the Beavers area which is […]
For the longest time I thought you had to make the trade-off between being able to ski expert terrain or ski with crowds. Spending a day at Monarch proved this wrong. We drove from Breckenridge, past Buena Vista and Salida to arrive at Monarch in about 90 minutes. Once we arrived, around 10:00 AM, we […]
Today Copper Mountain’s Olympic-sized halfpipe is now the first of its size to open in North America. It is the same height – 22 ft. – as the superpipe that will be featured during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in February 2014. Main Vein is 500 ft. long and 62 ft. wide, allowing for […]
This 2013/2014 season is going to be another great one, I can feel it. The snow is falling. A few mountains are already open. Ah, winter. I also know we’re going to have a great year because the various resorts have been working hard to innovate, improve and better the visitor experiences. Here’s a round-up […]
This season Loveland plans to continue offering free cat rides to the north side of The Ridge. After a successful first season, the Ridge Cat at Loveland will offer free access to terrain on the north side of The Ridge. Tours are offered on a first-come, first-served basis picking up skiers and riders just beyond […]
New this season, Copper Mountain will install a t-bar lift to replace Storm King and a surface lift at the top of Sierra to get to more terrain. The Storm King lift has provided access to the Spaulding Bowl, Upper Enchanted Forest and Copper Bowl since 1985. Copper Mountain guests will see a new surface […]