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Arapahoe Basin Opens Montezuma Bowl

If you missed it last weekend: “Colorado powder hounds will get access to a new lift-served playground this week, as Arapahoe Basin announced the opening of Montezuma Bowl for Friday, Jan. 11. The 400-acre terrain expansion boosts the size of A-Basin by about 80 percent, a significant addition by any measure, especially for a small […]

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Looking to try some snowboarding tricks?

The ABC-of-Snowboarding site has a collection of tutorials on how to do snowboard tricks. It includes descriptions, animations, and simple visuals to help you land those sweet ollies. Click here to visit the Snowboarding Tricks site.

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More powder in high country

Yesterday I was at Vail and it was surprisingly crowded (for a Tuesday). Lots of fresh snow everywhere and perfect blue skies all day. New snow has started falling today (Wednesday) and the mountains are under a winter storm warning. Again, travel is not easy so be prepared and take caution.

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9 Killed in Charter Bus Crash

From the Associated Press: “A ninth person died Monday after a bus carrying skiers home from a Colorado resort plunged off a damp, twisting highway in southeastern Utah and landed 41 feet below with its tires ripped away and the roof destroyed … Arrow Stage refused to identify the organizers who leased the bus for […]

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New Storm Hits High Country and Southern Colorado

The winter storm that wrecked havoc in California seems to have moved its way to Colorado. Aspen and Vail are expected to have 10 inches of new snow by Tuesday morning while Silverton and Wolf Creek are reporting snowfall amounts as high as 42 inches over the weekend. While this may seem like good news, […]

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Snowtography contest at New West

If you’re an awesome photographer or have found yourself capturing some excellent photographs this winter season you need to do two things: Join Flickr: Put your pictures on my favorite photo community site and join the Colorado Snow group. Once you join the group and ‘send’ your pictures to the pool your pictures will show […]

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Loveland closes for first time in four years

Thanks to I-70 closing on Sunday and Monday “Loveland Ski Area, a favorite of Front Range skiers, shuttered all of its slopes for the first time in four years, while other resorts struggled with accommodating stranded tourists.” Read more at the Rocky Mountain News.

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Snow strands skiiers in high country

Whiteout conditions stranded over 2,000 people in Silverthorne as officials closed I-70 from Vail to Georgetown (eastbound) on Sunday night. Hotels were full, restaurants were packed and many people never made it home. Shelters were set up on Sunday and Steamboat Springs reported over 17 inches. Visit CBS4Denver.com for more.