Burton's booth by Balcony House at Winter Park Resort's Snowboard Demo Day, 12-06-08

Fresh powder and newly opened ski trails greeted riders who ventured up to Winter Park Resort to take advantage of Snowboarding Demo Day.  All the latest snowboards from manufactures like Burton, Nitro, Ride, Salomon, Santa Cruz, Rossignol and the local’s favorite Never Summer Snowboards were available for riders to sample.  Some skiers were grumbling about the less than favorable conditions that they faced when Winter Park hosted the Ski Demo Day a week before when there was only 630 vertical feet to try the new skis on. Since then over two feet of powder has fallen on the slopes at Winter Park leading to the opening of the Zephyr, Eskimo, Olympia and Looking Glass chairlifts.  And there was still plenty of untracked powder to be found for those adventuresome enough to seek it out.

The Jane to open Tuesday, December 9, 2008

According to reliable sources Winter Park Resort will open the much beloved Mary Jane this coming tuesday.  In the wake of a snowstorm that blanketed the legendary mogul mecca with over two feet of powder snow before the weekend, officials at the mountain moved up the opening day for the Jane.  Be there or be square and remember,

No Pain, No Jane

A view of the Mary Jane from the new Cabriolet lift at Winter Park Resort, Colorado

Snowboarders sample some of the latest boards at Winter Park Resort, Colorado

Winter Park Resort's Eskimo Express chairlift opens for the season, Friday, December 5, 2008.

The Zephyr Express Chairlift gives skiers a great view of Parry's Peak on the Continental Divide from Winter Park, Colorado.

A young skier samples the powder on Bobcat at Winter Park Resort, Colorado

Some of the results of the recent Pine Beetle infestation can be seen at Winter Park Resort, Colorado