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Beaver Creek Crested Butte Events Steamboat

Happy Opening Day to Steamboat, Crested Butte, and…

Happy Opening Day to Steamboat, Crested Butte, and Beaver Creek — here’s hoping for more snow this weekend!

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Thanksgiving Roundup

There’s a lot going on this holiday week as with any year, here’s a quick roundup of what to expect: Wednesday, November 21 Opening Day at Beaver Creek Opening Day at Crested Butte with free skiing! Breckenridge opens Peak 9 Keystone opens Area 51 at its normal location Thursday, November 22 (Thanksgiving!) Opening Day at […]

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Christmas Gifts for Skiing Families

The Brave Ski Mom has put together an excellent comprehensive gift guide chock full of ideas for those skiers and snowboarders in your life. Check it out at braveskimom.com.

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Which on-slope restaurants are serving traditional…

Which on-slope restaurants are serving traditional Thanksgiving meals on Thursday? I know JJ’s at Copper will. Anyone else?

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Deals Travel

Average airfare costs to Colorado in the winter

I just received some interesting data from Kayak.com and wanted to share it with you. This chart shows average fares from between December 11 and March 12 last year. Interestingly enough their data shows flying to Colorado is 2.4 times more popular than Utah. Plus, the average fare to Colorado is usually cheaper than flying […]

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Food & Drink Reviews

Taste Test: Promax Crunch energy bars

Promax was kind enough send us a couple of their new Promax Crunch energy bars to help fuel up for the season. I tried both flavors: chocolate and peanut cherry and I’d say the peanut cherry tastes the best. The chocolate has a hint of coconut but was a bit bland and was just like […]

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Celebrity Gear Video

Oakley and Lindsey Vonn: Beyond Reason 2012

Here’s a beautiful video with Lindsay Vonn (and NEU Productions) for Oakley’s “Beyond Reason” campaign. “If you love what you do … you have to be willing to give it everything you have.”

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Contest Copper Mountain

Enter to win free HEAD skis from Copper Mountain

Copper Mountain and the US Ski Team are giving away a pair of HEAD skis. Runners up may win a set of US Ski Team credentials. Enter to win on Facebook.