Colorado Snow
We left Breckenridge early(ish) Sunday morning and made the 90 minute drive (depending on how fast you drive) to Winter Park. We hit US 40 around 10:15 and there was absolutely no traffic, this was a good sign. When we arrived at Winter Park we headed to the free parking behind the cabriolet lift. We […]
We started Saturday morning around 9 AM at the Breckenridge Transportation Center. As the bus pulled up we saw the gondola line (to Peak 7 and 8): it stretched all the way to the bus’s doors and the number of people in the way and milling about made us anxious. So, we opted to jump […]
This past weekend we, with the encouragement of some friends, decided to try out nordic skiing at the Breckenridge Nordic Center. We weren’t quite sure what we were in for but it ended up being a fun, tough, rewarding half-day of hiking-slash-skiing. We stopped into the nordic center a little before lunch and took care […]
Walking the floor at the Denver Convention Center is overwhelming: there are booths, and walls, and gear, and people everywhere. But cutting through all the noise and commotion is one thing: mustard. The color is everywhere on jackets and pants. This is not your 80s “neon” yellow, this is a “saturated bright”, as we’ve been […]
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 […]
There hasn’t been new snow in Summit County in quite a while so our expectations were low on Sunday. What we found at Breckenridge was what we’d expect anywhere: so-so conditions with some crowds. We started around 10:30 at Peak 7 which had a bunch of folks in line. Luckily the 6-seater is pretty speedy. […]
Our first ski day of 2013 was on New Year’s Day at Beaver Creek which means we earned the “Resolved” EpicMix pin — whoop! There hadn’t been any new snow in a few days and it was a holiday weekend so most everything was skied off or still bare underneath. Most mogul runs had grass […]
Beaver Creek looked good yesterday: blue skies, great temperatures, soft snow, and new terrain. Lucky for us, Larkspur opened for the season and we were able to grab a handful of powder turns, so we headed there early. There was plenty of deep, soft powder but it was clear that there wasn’t much underneath it. […]