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Beaver Creek Breckenridge Summer

Why you should call in sick and extend your summertime weekends

I’ve been finding more and more activities to do during the summer in the mountains and my latest Buzz post showcases some of the interesting things I’m looking to do this season. Rachel has already had a massage in Breckenridge. I’ve already visited a beer festival in Beaver Creek. We both plan to do some […]

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Deals Gear

Kickstarter: Snowboards with LED lights

Here’s another interesting Kickstarter project (running through June 24, 2012): What we have designed is a snowboard that features LEDs which illuminate through the base layer and light up the snow under and around the board. Unlike other attempts at a similar product our board is not retro-fitted with the lights, but instead integrates them […]

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Celebrity Video

The Young and the Fearless: Torin Yater-Wallace

Even though winter has come and gone, here’s a nice video from A Bullseye View. They did a helicopter video shoot with Torin Yater-Wallace (youngest Winter X Games medalist ever) doing some crazy tricks on the same halfpipe where he won the Ski SuperPipe bronze this year. Check it out…

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Technology

Best tools for tracking your summer mountain activity

Now that we’re officially getting into the summer sports (hiking, biking, trail running), I’ve published a few of my favorite tools for tracking my activities over at Buzz.

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Deals Gear Technology

Neva on Kickstarter: phone-enabled ski poles

The world’s first smart ski poles that allows you to see and answer calls, get short text messages and access important terrain information all without taking your gloves off. Watch the video, this looks very impressive and looks like a great innovation into the snow sports industry. Pledge $120 now on Kickstarter to help make […]

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Aside

A new look for Colorado Snow

I started the “Colorado Snow Blog” back in 2006, mostly to document my own skiing adventures, and now five seasons and hundreds of thousands of pageviews later: I decided it was time to treat myself. I always wanted a professional look and feel that kept some “personality” and “character”. Snow sports are both “grunge” (think […]

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Arapahoe Basin

The Colorado season is officially ending this week…

The Colorado season is officially ending this weekend. Al at Arapahoe Basin announced they will close this Sunday, May 6.

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Reviews Travel

Driving the 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer SE

I had a chance to test drive a new Mitsubishi Lancer SE during our last trip up to the mountains this season. Luckily we were greeted with snowy, cold conditions to give the AWD sedan a fair shake. Driving in Town In my limited experience, this exceeded my expectations as a high-powered Japanese car. It […]